Pope Francis died this morning at the age of eighty-eight. He has been struggling with respiratory infections for the past few months and spent about five weeks in hospital. However he eventually got back home to the Vatican and yesterday, Easter Sunday, he blessed the crowds from his balcony overlooking St Peter’s Square and was then driven in an open topped vehicle through the crowd of 35,000 people. I feel sad but pleased for him that he was able to participate in such an important day for Christians before dying peacefully early the next morning.
We had another lovely sunny morning here in Ullapool and sat outside with the cats in the sunshine chatting before going for a tasty lunch at the Seafood Shack which is now open for the season. There weren’t any tables free so we took our food down to the harbour and sat at a picnic table, before having coffees and teas at the Caley café.
Later we gave Ally and Cat a lift back to Inverness Airport. It has been such a great weekend and we were sorry to see them go. We did a wee grocery shopping at the big Tesco in the retail park before heading back to Ullapool while listening to another of the French Revolution episodes from The Rest is History podcast. The French Revolution really was terrible, so bloodthirsty and cruel.
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