A Very Soggy Island Today

And one stranded guest.

This was the dive boat that arrived the other day.

At the risk of boring everyone to death with waffle....... let your eye follow the line of the hull from the bow down to the stern area, this is an old traditionally built Scottish boat.
It has style it has flair and it has curves. (Bear with me, I am going somewhere with this)..... the top of the wheelhouse is almost the same height as the top of the bow keeping it well out of the way of crashing waves etc etc.

It was designed for big seas and hard work, but it still looks like a boat............ 

This thing is it's modern counterpart!!

At first glance you tend to think, Where is the rest of it? Has the back fallen off?

The only line on that is the paintwork, if the white bit was painted blue you could see it for what it truly is....... a rectangular box with the wheelhouse stuck on top.

Even the Plimsoll line is wrong, if you ballasted the front down to where it should be the the stern would be two feet in the air.

What a mess!

Anyway, back to the island.

It's all wet and verdant.

The rain today is of the fine type that gets you very wet very quickly, (Wimbledon is with us once again) It is also very thick, so thick in fact that pilots cannot see through it.

We have a guest who came over on the ferry last night for a meeting and was due to fly away this morning, no points for guessing what happened next.

The family room was made available (comfy chairs, telly etc)  until the ferry arrives this evening and all is well.

Look.........we have a tree!

A bit of a rarity up here.






Until next time..................





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