Saturday 30/07/05

The breakfast table was pretty cramped. It can normally accommodate 4, but after pulling it out we can squeeze 5 in. The Canadians leave for Ullapool at lunchtime, following a walk in the Castle Grounds. The Glaswegians head for Callanish firth thing, then head for the Point Show. There is a flood of shows on at the moment; next Wednesday there will be one at Carloway. Last Saturday, the Lochs Show was on in Balallan. Hear that someone was severely injured at Barvas yesterday. While erecting a flagpole, a man touched an overhead power cable and was electrocuted with 33 kV of electricity. He survived it, but required transfer to a specialist burns unit in a Glasgow hospital.