Monday 26/09/05

What a horrendous day, rain lashing, wind howling. Isles FM relays the usual panoply of misdeeds. It almost sounds like a song: "Car crashes, window smashes, drunken splashes on South Beach". Several of the culprits are due in court today. The kiddies all tootle off to school, bar one who suffers from school sickness. A check on the internet reveals we're having winds of force 7, with gusts up to force 9. The ferry is 2 hours late leaving at 4 o'clock, instead of the timetabled 13.45, and will not return out of Ullapool tonight. The Lochboisdale ferry isn't running at all. Rain lets up after 4, although hefty showers continue. The wind continues to howl through cracks, and it suddenly feels like winter. Dark by 7.30, and the ferry is not coming back until tomorrow lunchtime. We're really on an island ...