We returned to Ullapool on Thursday and could immediately see the effects of the wild weather they have had since the beginning of the year. Glasgow had storms too (most of which we missed when we were in Austria and London!) but not on this scale. The fences have all been blown down in Morefield Lane and there are trees uprooted all over the place. Our garage door was blown open and buckled in the wind; our neighbours Anne, Natasha and Heather all rallied round and managed to wedge it shut. We are lucky to have such good neighbours. We warmed up the cottage and lit the fire; Tom immediately went out to explore his northern territory but Flora preferred to stay indoors, apart from a jaunt outside just before bedtime. The weather is fine although a bit too chilly to sit outside, after all it’s still February. We have been strolling around the village, plenty of places to have a coffee even this early in the year. Natasha and Marcus came round for coffee, they are such an interesting and pleasant young couple. Marcus is a proper native of the area, their croft has been in his family for many generations. Natasha comes from Lincolnshire, they met at college and they both have full time jobs as well as working on the croft, they are very hard-working. Tom was very affectionate to Natasha and graciously allowed her to rub his tummy.
We are watching a new spy series called Slow Horses. It is very good. Gary Oldman plays a cynical old manager of a unit of misfits and failures, and he has all of the best lines e.g. “I know that you didn’t mean to kill him. If you had meant to kill him he’d still be alive!”
Meanwhile Jamie spent his 34th birthday yesterday going to a Taylor Swift concert in Sydney, Australia with Kerry and some friends. They did well to obtain tickets which were much in demand, and decided to make a celebratory weekend of it. I hear that they had a marvellous time.
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