While the rest of the country either drowns or gets stuck in snowdrifts we have neither torrential rain nor constant snow. What we do have is continual, loud and powerful winds. I think, if you have never lived anywhere where the wind howls for days in a row you cannot really appreciate quite how much of an effect it can have, both physically and emotionally. We also had a power cut today; the third day in a row when we've been without power. I'm not going to moan about that though because although it was inconvenient there are lots of people down in the south west of Scotland who have been without power for a day and a night. So half an hour a day doesn't seem so bad.
Friday is the day when we normally go into town for the routine of banking, shopping and filling up the car, but we couldn't face it today. So fingers crossed that by tomorrow the wind has dropped because we cannot go another day without buying food!
We're also planning a few days away next week [which is quite amazing in itself; how did I get OH to agree to that I wonder?] But he's now starting to stress about whether the ferry will run and what sort of state the roads will be in on mainland Scotland. Too soon to know, so too soon to worry is my attitude, but it doesn't stop him rehearsing disaster scenarios in his head.
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