A banshee night. The winds howling at 80 mph. Around midnight Angus discovers we have a Velux window in the attic that emits a loud and penetrating whistle when the super charged wind hits it at just the right angle. When questioned about the noise Angus informs 'The Font' that he is not going up into the attic in the darkness, in a storm, to fix it. Around two the wind veers and the demonic tooting stops.
Five large ships sheltering in the bay last night. That number swollen to nine this morning. Each ship lit up like Coney Island on July 4th. That's the most we've seen at anchor in the year and a half we've been here. The six am breakfast show on the radio warns of Violent Storm Force 11 gales out in the North Sea. To put that in perspective Force 12 is a full on hurricane. The early rising, dog walking villagers seem to think there's nothing that unusual about these conditions. The farmer takes the view that ' every time they have bad weather in London it becomes the BBC's top morning news story'.
Conflicting numbers :https://www.quantamagazine.org/clashing-cosmic-numbers-challenge-our-best-theory-of-the-universe-20240119/
11 comments:
That's an unusually expressive ewe.
I don't think that umbrella is destined for a long life.
I loved that DeSantis's Churchill "quote" actually came from a Budweiser ad! I think I would also love that beautiful hotel.
Hari Om
The cosmology article was most absorbing... and I wonder if Angus has not yet been told that the sheep are from his own roots... Hebrideans! YAM xx
Spectacular sunrise again. Much to be said for living at higher degrees of latitude. The article on cosmology was very interesting.
Yam - The sheep have maintained a sense of hardy contentment - in this wind certain other Hebrideans haven't.
I love the flock of black sheep. Bhaa!
The sheep are so fortunate to have those beautiful wool coats. That umbrella looks like an accident waiting to happen...
Here in South Florida, we know what those winds sound and feel like. Glad you eschewed a late night trip to the attic in the dark! As for our governor making things up, we also sadly know that too.
I wonder, have they burnt something in the pub? The window upstairs is flung open.
I am not a fan of 80 mile an hour winds. We lost a roof in 60 mile an hour winds many years back. And umbrellas? Forget about it!
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