The boat came today but only here to Rum and stayed docked while the removal van for Dave and Lynda came off, was loaded up and got back on again. Ady and I went down to help and between about 10 of us we had the whole van loaded up within an hour. What’s going to work? Teamwork! We hugged them and wished them well and then we came home for lunch. We got various bits on the boat including 7 pallets from Calmac which we’re using for more pathways around the static. We have a deal with Calmac where they stick any unused pallets on the ferry for us once or twice a month. I get an email saying ‘Hey guys, pallets for you coming today!’ from the office which makes me smile. I love being an islander 🙂
I’d made soup yesterday which just needed whizzing and warming so we had that followed by cookies. It rained all morning and winds were starting to blow in. We appear to be missing one of our ducks but although I’ve walked the river all the way down to the village and walked all around the croft I can’t find her. I am hoping she is holed up somewhere and may return but Ady found a buzzard sitting on top of the chicken house the other day so I am a bit worried 🙁
The kids wanted chips for dinner and I forgot to grab some from the freezer so I walked down to the village as it wasn’t raining. Sandy was in the workshop so I got a lift back up with him as he wanted to talk to Rhys who was up at ours chainsawing wood for us. He’s cut up about 50 bags of wood from the felled trees around the croft for £20. Bargain 🙂 I fed the animals and walked the croft some more looking for the duck before coming indoors as it was getting dark. Ady was bringing wood up and checking everything was battened down.
I checked the bags we’d packed over Christmas and added a few bits to them incase we need to do a runner in the night. It is very windy, we’ve taken the clock down and the strap over the roof keeps coming over the door and banging but other than that we seem fine. I think the canvas on the horse box has blown in which if it rains will mean stuff will get wet but we can sort that out in daylight. We’ve had shelter offers from Vikki, Mike, Carol & Paul, Fliss & Sandy and the castle so if the worst happens we have plenty of places to run, a clear plan on what happens in such circumstances and bags packed ready to go. Fingers firmly crossed we don’t need to and that while we up here remain safe they down there remain so too with all the trees in the village just as likely to cause problems.