Weather

Yesterday morning was all dreich and drizzle but by the afternoon things had brightened beautifully.

I decided to burn off a lot of old wood and was making a fire. When Ailsa came home it was thundering and she complained about thunder with no lightening or rain in bright sunshine. Five minutes later her complaints were answered and we had a cracking thunderstorm with hammering hail and sheets of rain. The fire looked very unhappy but it survived.

Half an hour later it cleared into a gorgeous crisp warm (ish) evening. We've been having a lot of very sultry weather recently (terribly un-british - it's felt like the tropics) - and the refreshing air was a joy. After night fall we were treated to the most magnificent display of stars I've seen for years - the air was incredibly clear (no light pollution here). The milky way scooshed over the cottage and the stars were so bright it felt as if you could reach up and touch them, and eat them. In the distance you could hear the surf crashing in on Torrisdale Bay.

The clear skies stayed overnight and Jussi swears there was a frost this morning, and a bit later I grabbed this piccy Strath Naver steaming in the morning sun.

But Wort is unhappy this cold morning. Hopefully things will soon warm up and he'll be softly bubbling away to himself again making a good autumnal ale.