Wednesday 19/01/05

Weather dawned not very pleasant, although the snow has gone. There is a strong wind and drizzle. There was neither bread nor papers nextdoor. Newspapers turned up during my session on-line, but had to come back later for the bread. Got an email back from the editor of a book I had bought. Thought they had printed the wrong picture of "Muck from Eigg". When I viewed the original, it appears that they had done the cropping of the image so unfortunate, that it was not recognisable as being taken from Grulin. At 3.20, it's blowing a gale and bucketing down with rain. Central heating engineer turns up at 3.50 to clean up the machine. And hey presto! it works. Showers are accompanied by strong squalls. Ferry services are disrupted up and down the west coast. Dramatic seas on Loch Erisort as a result of the winds. After dark, curtains of rain sweep the road. Wintry shower clatters down just before 7; gales with winds up to 80 to 90 mph are expected for tonight. When putting the wheeliebins out at 7.40, it was blowy. Another hailshower passes at 8.30, the first of many. It will be 13C in London today, but only 5C up here. Snow showers in the northern isles. A bright but hazy moon at 10.40.