There are not many days that start more perfect than today. This morning the sun was up early in a cloudless sky. The air warm and apart from distant birdsong, almost silent. And Angela felt a lot better. So all good. However, the forecast for tomorrow and the next few days is not good. Heavy rain, oh dear. We will have to make sure we are very organized in our very compact living space which we share with the Boxio.
Today we decided to stay at the Loch. Why wouldn't we, it's beautiful here, and the driving on the island is so challenging it was good for John to take a day off. So this morning we walked along the shore to the left, spotting yet more oyster catchers nests and this afternoon we walked along the shore to the right, stopping to check on the raven sat on it's nest, unhappy at our presence.
On the beach John found his ultimate prize, the skull and antlers of a deer, albeit small, but antlers. Don't worry Marge, he won't be fixing them to your bull bar. Well hope fully not. When we return home they will take pride of place on John's shelf of curiosities. After lunch, a couple pulled up in a very smart Land Rover Discovery. Could they have a photograph? Of course, oh, not us. You guessed it the words out there's a celebrity on the island. From Skipton in Yorkshire, they invited us to call in if we were passing. How nice.
So a quiet, relaxing, productive day for us today. With the change in the weather, we made sure our washing was up to day. The wind whipped across the loch blowing our smalls like semaphore flags. Further along a Dutch couple were also drying washing. Goodness knows what messages we were sending to each other.
We will assess the weather situation in the morning. We are not far from Lochbuie and will probably return there. It is just so peaceful here on Mull, we can't describe it. We're not ready to leave just yet, as it seems are many others. Everyday vehicles pass by we have seen at another location in the last few days. Another fire on the beach tonight, probably our last for a while. The message our smoke signals will be sending is, please don't rain too much.
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