WATCH: Custom-built boat, the Highland Cross Seagull, returns to the Caledonian Canal after two-year absence due to coronavirus pandemic
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A custom-built boat has returned to the Caledonian Canal after an absence of more than two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Highland Cross Seagull, based in Inverness, provides free excursions for people from care homes, disabled organisations or senior citizens’ clubs.
Run by the charity Seagull Trust Cruises, the 17-metre long vessel is equipped with a passenger lift and has a disabled toilet.
It has now started the new season after being serviced and cleaned.
Unpaid volunteers will operate two two-hour cruises a day each week until Friday September 30.
It can carry a maximum of 12 passengers, with provision for four wheelchairs but for the current year this has been reduced to eight passengers and two wheelchairs.
The cruises start at 10am and 2pm and there will be no mixing of care home residents.
Passengers will be served with free teas, coffees, juices and biscuits.
The Seagull booking office, operated as a community service by Capgemini, has already opened and can be contacted by emailing seagulltrustcruises.uk@capgemini.com.
