Tuesday 13/09/05

What an awful day. All it does is pour with rain and blow a gale. Visibility is very, very poor. At times, the hills over at Arnish are not visible at all. I only venture out at around 5 o'clock to get food in. Not nice to be out and about. The only positive note is that it is not cold. The heavy rain causes flooding in Sandwick Road - up to 3 feet / 1 metre of water there. The sorting office in Portree, Skye, is flooded as are several roads on the mainland. The Jacobite steamtrain is stuck at Arisaig, and the firebrigade needs to come in and top up the steam engine with water for the trip back to Fort William. The railway to Mallaig is blocked because of flooding.