Red Sky in the morning

Red Sky  in the morning

And a bit later

 and a bit later still , with a bit of snow and a view

 But then the wind  got up a bit ( Storm Gertrude , For what its worth)

And we have horizontal hail here

The Sun is back !

the sun goes behind the hill in the middle of december , so we get no direct sunlight on the house  until it reappears. 2015 was so wet and miserable that we didn't notice. And it came back on the  25th  January  in 2014  .

We can track it as it moved round to the West












And it hits the house as well

and it brightens up the inside of the house




And this time the sheep have noticed as well . The sun just catches the northern bit of the field

BEFORE 

AFTER 

A bit of damage

Weve had gale force winds for the last 48 hours . The Aberdeen Ferry couldnt get to the pier and spent the night 'parked up' in the bay. So 6 hours on the ferry ended up being 20  hours.

there is going to be a bit of a problem getting  things on and off the Eday  ferry , as part of the approach road has been  washed away 

 And weve had a bit of damage ( other than the double glazed window , where the gale force winds managed to force some rain though the frame  - a job for some silicone sealant on the outside when the weather has improved. 

The winds and rain has brought down so much rubbish that the drainage got blocked and  a bit of the drive got flooded .

An old tree was brought down. So thats the firewood for next year,

And a bit of the wall has been blown down . So there is a job for the summer.



So we got off quite lightly really

Bank Holidays and bad weather

not a good combination

Fruit

Newspapers

Milk

but they say it will be better tomorrow 

here is the news about  the sailings