Monday 19/09/05

The gale continued until midday. Big sheets of water coming over the causeway and Green Island, white riders in Newton Basin and out in the Minch. At 12 o'clock, the clouds broke, the sun came out and a cruiseliner sailed into port. The Alexander von Humboldt has been in before. She had arrived today out of Invergordon, on the east coast, after a pretty lively 20 hours at sea. By 8 pm she blew her whistle three times to say good-bye; for me it was the good-bye to summer as well in a way. The cruiseliner departed for Tobermory, Mull. It's not cold outside. You can find out about all the cruiseliners on the net. The ferry had trouble docking tonight on account of an unusually high tide. It was so high that the pedestrian walkway could not be used. Footpassengers had to disembark along the vehicle deck.