Monday 04/07/05

Nice sunny if blustery day. The two climbers depart for Lochmaddy. I head for town after lunch, for a short walk. It's actually quite warm, as the wind seems to have dropped from its force 6 at the start of the day. After a session in the library, I set out along Cromwell Street and Bayhead. Nip into the Bayhead Convenience Store, where a door collides with people coming in and out. Set forth along the golfcourse to Willowglen Road, then up the street to the War Memorial. It's a lot more pleasant there today than it was on New Year's Eve. Nice view across North Bay and Tong Sands, northern suburbs and the rest of Stornoway. Sit in the sun with the sun just off the memorial tower. This is apparently in a dangerous state, so it's not possible to climb to its top, at 26 metres. Pity. Return to town via Stewart Drive, Macaulay and Matheson Road. Later in the evening, well after midnight in actual fact, I go for a walk to the Coastguard and Power Stations. It's still very light indeed at a quarter to one in the morning. A double red light can be seen just to the left of Gallows Hill, possibly the mastlights on the transmitter at Eitsal. Fishing boats come chugging into port, and lights of others can be seen out in the Minch.