Sunday – Completely escapes me. I’m pretty sure there was hairbrushing for Scarlett and a visit from Bad Neil. There was a roast dinner and a festive film.
Monday – Ady and I went down to  the village for some shopping, some post office business, some getting stuff from the freezer, collecting the SNH car and animal feed for Ady to do the run across to Harris to feed the cattle and ponies the next day as he is covering while main SNH staff are off island. We saw Neil at the shop so he came up with us to collect his sheep who we had got penned.
We managed to catch it to treat it as he had bought up some meds to do so while it was captured. He also checked to see whether it was intact and as I was already fairly sure would be the case it is. So very likely lambs in the spring. Bollocks. Â We caught up on The Apprentice.
Tuesday – Ady went off to feed the animals. I had planned to go with him but it was very windy so I thought it would be better to stay with the kids in the caravan. I finished a crochet midge for Jen, if we get another boat before Christmas I’ll get it posted to her.
In the evening Ady and I went down to Fliss’ for her Christmas party. Last year it was a real highlight of the year, this year there are so few of us around generally and on island just now specifically it was very quiet – Fliss and Sorcha (who came home on Monday for Christmas), us two (Davies and Scarlett elected to stay home despite being invited), Bad Neil and Jed. Mr Rhys came along for a short while too. We had a nice few hours getting home just before 12.
Today – Ady’s been dodging the rain and hail showers building a bigger pen for the pigs. I spent the morning wrapping Christmas presents. Then we headed down to the village to collect laundry, load the SNH car up with animal feed for the next feed on Friday and go to Sean & Ali’s to check and feed their chickens and wild birds. On the way home we got caught in a hailstorm.
That was me in for the rest of the day, I stared sewing a duck toy that Scarlett wants me to make. Ady chopped up some wood and then he was in too.
Everything crossed for a ferry tomorrow, particularly one bringing the last few things we are waiting for…