Alex had a productive spell on the telephone this morning, speaking to some people who have made our lives easier and helped ensure the trip runs smoothly:
1) Loch Insch Watersports facility (http://www.lochinsh.com/) have very kindly allowed us to leave our vehicle there for the time we are in the canoe. Thanks very much to Clive Freshwater, the main man at the centre.
2) Major McMasters, camp commandant of Fort George army base was also very helpful regarding passing through military firing range danger areas in the Moray Firth. Thanks very much to him and his staff. Imagine our amusement when, whilst looking at the Ordnance Survey maps of the route, we discovered that we have to pass through two separate firing range danger areas on the seafaring section. Not wanting to end up as target practice it seemed sensible to talk to someone important. It turns out we are welcome to pass through, will most likely do so on days where there is no firing (nothing is booked during the timeframe we expect to pass through) and, even if there is firing in progress, it will be halted for as long as it takes us to pass. They have sentries and a radar system specifically to look out for boats.
So now we have the backing of the Scottish leisure industry and the British army. What could go wrong?
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