At two o' clock this morning Angela wasn't happy. The wind was blowing hard and had changed direction slightly so we were no longer head onto it. So we put the roof down and decamped to the downstairs bed. Outside distressed lambs called for their mother's. It was a wild night. So first thing this morning we moved Marge to a spot under the trees. Sorted! The trees broke the brunt of the wind and Marge barely quivered. Of course setting the bed up downstairs made for difficult dressing this morning. John stepped outside, and right on cue a 'Rabbies' tour bus pulled in by the cafe. Did they catch sight of a man with his 'wee bagpipes out'? If so, a photo probably went straight onto Instagram!
Breakfast for John included a nice big field mushroom picked yesterday, but some other funghi, Lilac Oysterling, Shaggy Scalycap and some Witches Butter went uneaten.
Despite the strengthening winds the chasing clouds exposed the sun. The weather cycle for the day set. Wind, rain, sun. The waters of the loch normally calm and unobtrusive rolled onto the shore pounding the rocks and sucking at the gravel. Dodging the showers we've managed to walk out a few times today, never straying too far.
The nearby waterfall roared as a torrent of water drained from the mountains tumbling, foaming and spurting over the rocks on its way down to the loch. This area is still beautiful though, even in terrible weather. We feel sorry for the sheep, shorn for the summer. How they'd probably love to be wearing their thick woolly coats today. We hunkered down, the animals and birds hunkered down. Remind us, it is July isn't it? Late afternoon braving the elements the chaffinches called by. Hopping onto our strep in search of food for their young. How could we ignore them.
Tomorrow we will look into booking a return ferry to Oban. Probably on Tuesday. It will be our twenty first ferry on this trip. Today, due to adverse weather conditions many sailings have been cancelled. Tomorrow's weather is looking better and the strong wind gone. So we will move to another area on the island. Meanwhile let's hope John's bagpipes haven't gone viral on the internet....
We were visited again by the Lochbuie Chaffinches
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