Tuesday 04/04/06

The timetables for the new Sunday sailings across the Sound of Harris are published today - there will be three sailings each Sunday, as of April 9th. The list of names related to the Iolaire Disaster is placed in the Western Isles Museum this afternoon. Earlier in the morning, there was a thin layer of snow on the ground. The two ladies who came yesterday are frequent visitors to the island, and have walked far and wide. However, not in the moors. They have gone south of Breanais (Uig) and places in Harris. Weather today is much like yesterday, sunny and cold, with a hailshower at lunchtime. Mrs B's son comes in to spraypaint the boilerhouse, in preparation for the new washing machine. The two ladies return, who have gone as far as Rodel. I read that Isles FM has had to apologise on air, after a presenter was heard alluding to the fact that Pakistan Disease is incurable. The person in question was suffering from a cold, which had garbled his pronounciation of Parkinson's Disease. I'll never forget the lady who was having electrocution lessons.