Wild times on Barra

The weather was so wild last night that the bins blew over outside the cottage and the windows were rattling. In the morning it was still very windy and rainy and the hills were hidden by low cloud lying thickly over the island. We had a cosy morning in the cottage reading and chatting, it's really nice to spend time together in such a relaxed way. Davie introduced me to another of his current favourite programmes, a spy comedy called Chuck which is quite amusing. After a lunch of soup and bread we decided to venture out for a walk on the beach but it was so wet and windy that instead we went for a drive round the island. We set off westwards and spotted some stunning beaches which we hope to visit in better weather. Then we turned north to the airport, where we noticed that the windsock was flying which means a flight is imminent. So we stopped at the tiny airport and watched the plane from Benbecula land and take off again. The plane lands right on the beach so it can only land when the tide is out! It was a wee plane, it taxied off along the sand then turned and took off over our heads - quite a sight! We went round the east of the island through Castlebay and back to our cottage where we watched the sea boiling over the rocks and had tea. I finished my book (The Prophetess) and Davie and I watched another episode of Chuck. It's dark now but the weather still sounds wild out there! But it's warm in the cottage and we're making cocoa to my Dad's recipe, to be eaten with bread and butter in the traditional manner! What a nice way to end the day.