Last Sunday before Christmas, and after a benign start, the weather has once more turned nasty. It is blowing hard and it's raining. We can expect gales later today - hope they subside by tomorrow, as I'm due to cross to the mainland first thing Monday morning.
Today is the 20th anniversary of the bombing of PanAm flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in which more than 200 were killed. A bomb exploded on board the Boeing 747, bringing it down on the town of Lockerbie and killing several people on the ground. Two men were brought to trial in later years, one of whom is currently in jail, serving a sentence for the attack.
Today is also the shortest day of the year. The sun rose at 9.15 am, and will set at 3.35 pm. Stornoway lies just north of the 58th parallel; the sun will not rise today in any place located north of the 66th parallel.
Rubbish weather now...isn't it Guido?
ReplyDeleteI hope it setles down for your ferry trip.
There were a lot of lives disrupted and changed forever by this atrocity.
Safe journey home for Christmas my friend.
God bless you and your family for Christmas and the New Year.
Jeanie
It just seems like yesterday when the Lockerbie disaster happened. I wonder how the local people can live normal lives after that terrible day.
ReplyDeleteLove Sandra xx