Very wet and windy over the last few days and the view towards Urquhart Castle and Bay was extremely menacing with an ever changing sky. Lots of choppy high white water on Loch Ness but even so we were amazed to see some canoeists near the opposite shore heading for Urquhart Bay. We were not surprised to receive an update email from the Loch Ness inshore lifeboat to report that they had rescued the same canoeists after they had all tipped over in the bay after meeting the oncoming wind. A member of the RNLI crew even had to get into the cold water and swim to the shoreline to give first aid to one of the canoeists who was suffering from hyperthermia. They all needed warming up to say the least as the water of Loch Ness is always extremely cold whatever the time of year. Even the newly painted 'Fingal' activity barge took some time ploughing through the waves although I would rather be on that than a small canoe. Today the weather has calmed down alot after a very rough night with unusually high winds and the sun is now shining again.
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