Mrs B's litany of visitors continues through the afternoon, with the arrival of her nephew and her sister, after her brother in law leaves. The Met Office confirms that a heatwave will be present across much of England and Wales, with temperatures up to 32C, lasting until Thursday. Up here, it's 17C max, this with a cool on-shore northeasterly. I head out for a walk to the Iolaire Monument, 2½ miles away, at 3.20pm. Walk to and through the village of Lower Sandwick, where children are playing in the sea. Continue along the little shingle strand of Mol Bhag [Mol Vack] to Stoneyfields Farm. After the boggy patch, I find the Holm Road end and proceed down the path to the Iolaire Memorial, which stands on the shore, above the place where the ship sank in January 1919. HMY Iolaire was taking sailors home after World War 1, when it ran aground on a reef called the Beasts of Holm. The ship sank, taking 205 sailors with her. Only 75 survived. This came on top of the 1,000 that had perished in action - out of the 6,000 men from the island that had joined up.
The sewage treatment plant near the Memorial stinks to high heaven. Snap away merrily, some 45 pictures. Lambs have grown big, but one lies dead on the shingle below Stoneyfields. I report it to a local resident, who says she'll tell its owners. Return to a warm (as wind sheltered) Newton, after which I go to the supermarket. Learn that two people were charged with the assault on a sailor early on Sunday morning.
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The Iolaire tragedy really touched me. What a sad story!
ReplyDeleteYou're pictures are so beautiful! If I lived there I'd feel as if I were on vacation each day. Such lovely sights to take in everywhere! Thank you for sharing your beautiful land with us.
Pamela
Pictures 2 and 4 are of the annual known as mesunbryanthamums...very brightly coloured "daisy" like plants with a fleshy leave and stalk. Dead head regularly for continued flowering. Picture 3 is of a hardy geranium - again, if you cut back after first flowering, you should get a second. I have puzzled and puzzled over the drifts of the red/yellow flower..and they are antirynhams..probably incorrectly spelt, but you may be more familiar with their nick name...snap dragons. Beautiful, have not seen that variety before, which i presume grows wild. Another plant you have shown is "The Milkmaid"..which is also known as Sweet Rocket over here...grow's in some hedgerows and very popular in cottage gardens. The scent is heavenly on a warm evening. If you cut back, it may flower again..but is a hardy, and will return next year. Worth having in the garden. They come in white and very pale pink/lavender.
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