Friday 15 August

Spent six hours in lovely Bearnaraigh - Great Bernera. Started at 11 am at Bosta, looking glorious in the sunlight. Deliberately slowly walked south to Tobson and Valasay. Views were stunning, particularly in the wake of the boattrip I took 4 weeks ago, which made it all the more recognisable. The sun disappeared, and the rain started just as the bus turned up to take us back to - well, Crulavig to change into another bus, and then onto Garynahine. The spiders in the busshelter had all constructed intricate webs to house their young, which were hatching at a rate of knots. I was very concerned about the car that was headed north along the A859 between Cameron Terrace and Stornoway, between 10.15 and 10.30 this morning. A white, 06-registered, private car was trailing copious amounts of white smoke, and it smelled as if it could go on fire at any minute. Hope the occupants are ok. Traffic following behind had to hold well back in order not to get lost in the fog.