SCOTLAND

There had to be a drawback to the perfect dive road trip and in north-western Scotland it had to be the ‘wee eveners’ – but it would take a lot more than bitey flies to spoil the diving for ROSS MCLAREN

IMOSTLY DIVE OFF THE COAST around the Clyde and in the West Coast sea lochs around Loch Lomond, so when my friend Andy “the Northern Diver” Clark invited me to take part in his expedition WET to try something new a bit further north, I jumped at the chance.

The invitation also gave me the chance to get our pride and joy Tom the Transit out for his first adventure of the summer… and first overnight diving trip.

However, as he is a family camper I had very strict instructions that he must be kept clean and dry-ish at all times.

I don’t really know what they were worried about, because my car is the epitome of looked-after.

I cleaned it twice last year in place of the normal annual event.

The dives were planned for Loch Carron, about two hours north of Fort William in the north-west and about 20 minutes from the ever-popular Eilean Donan Castle. This meant a bit of a drive after work on a Friday night but I find there’s something special about going the extra mile (in this case 100 miles) to dive, enjoying all the way the anticipation of what we might find.

Blenny.

One of my favourite roads runs across Rannoch Moor and through Glencoe, but on this occasion the drive was even more special.