Sunday notes

Overcast morning, but with some brightness. Those in northern and central England should brace themselves for more downpours, sometimes expected to bring an inch of rain within 2 hours. It is not thought to be as severe as the extreme floods that killed 4 people last month in northern England.

In Tokyo, they are bracing themselves for the arrival of the remains of typhoon Man-yi, which is racing that way with winds of 45 knots, force 9 to 10 on the Beaufort scale. Three people died as the storm swept along western Japan, two were killed when they were swept away by swollen rivers. The capital city could see as much as 10 inches of rain later in the day and into Monday; bear in mind that Japan is 10 hours ahead of GMT.
As I said, the weather here is quite reasonable. The day opened with an abandoned glass sitting on the wall outside, presumably left behind by revellers returning from the last night of the Hebridean Celtic Festival. A lot of people left on the lunchtime ferry yesterday, some of whom might be headed for the Elton John gig over in Inverness. Sunday calm now reigns over Stornoway.