{"id":16659,"date":"2017-07-17T09:24:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T09:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=16659"},"modified":"2017-07-20T12:43:53","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T12:43:53","slug":"corran-ferry-grounded-for-forseeable-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/corran-ferry-grounded-for-forseeable-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Corran Ferry grounded for &#8216;forseeable future&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Highland Council-run Corran Ferry service across Loch Linnhe has been suspended since the boat struck rocks on Saturday. The council has said it is looking to &#8216;find a solution&#8217; but that the ferry is suspended for the &#8216;forseeable future&#8217; according to the BBC. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/corran.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/corran-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/corran-800x530.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/corran-200x132.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/corran-390x258.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/corran.jpg 1614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The back up boat &#8211; the Mail of Coul &#8211; is also unavailable, currently moored on Bute awaiting a repair. <\/p>\n<p>The ferry offers the fastest access from the south Ardgour, Morvern and the Ardnamurchan peninsula &#8211; popular tourism destinations currently at the height of their season &#8211; as well as for local residents and businesses. <\/p>\n<p>Update: Ferry running again this afternoon (Thursday)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Highland Council-run Corran Ferry service across Loch Linnhe has been suspended since the boat struck rocks on Saturday. The council has said it is looking to &#8216;find a solution&#8217; but that the ferry is suspended for the &#8216;forseeable future&#8217; according to the BBC. The back up boat &#8211; the Mail of Coul &#8211; is also unavailable, currently moored on Bute awaiting a repair. The ferry offers the fastest access from the south Ardgour, Morvern and the Ardnamurchan peninsula &#8211; popular tourism destinations currently at the height of their season &#8211; as well as for local residents and businesses. Update:<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/corran-ferry-grounded-for-forseeable-future\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more &#8250;<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-access-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16659"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16671,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16659\/revisions\/16671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}