did 25 miles to Oban today and discovered Puntos are quite good boats. Rain has'nt stopped all day and now river appears to be well up its banks and onto flood plain. at least no berks have built on it here although the golf course looks as tho it will get a battering. one advantage of living in the highlands is that the water just runs off and into the rvers and sea so little structural damage is done other to the aforesaid ----- who built on low flat land!!