Monday, January 22, 2024

Calm yews.

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'. 


The sheep in the field by the golf course seem completely untroubled by the wind. They exude an air of hardy contentment.


The ram has been removed from the field so the yews can 'relax'.  One of them seems to be turning prematurely grey. She looks at Angus in a way that indicates she is unimpressed by the sight of a man in a bobble hat taking her photograph with an i-Phone.


The pub by the Divinity School has installed a new umbrella.


From the other side of the road the scale of the new umbrella is clear. It's enormous. With more gale force winds forecast will this prove to be a sensible addition to the pavement furniture ? We'll have a better feel tomorrow morning. 

The town quiet this morning. Students clearly don't like windy weather. 

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11 comments:

  1. WFT NobbyJanuary 22, 2024 at 9:27 AM

    That's an unusually expressive ewe.

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  2. jabblogJanuary 22, 2024 at 10:47 AM

    I don't think that umbrella is destined for a long life.

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  3. Lisa in FranceJanuary 22, 2024 at 12:09 PM

    I loved that DeSantis's Churchill "quote" actually came from a Budweiser ad! I think I would also love that beautiful hotel.

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  4. Yamini MacLeanJanuary 22, 2024 at 12:39 PM

    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

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  5. Tigger's MumJanuary 22, 2024 at 12:57 PM

    Spectacular sunrise again. Much to be said for living at higher degrees of latitude. The article on cosmology was very interesting.

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  6. AngusJanuary 22, 2024 at 1:30 PM

    Yam - The sheep have maintained a sense of hardy contentment - in this wind certain other Hebrideans haven't.

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  7. TravelJanuary 22, 2024 at 2:54 PM

    I love the flock of black sheep. Bhaa!

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  8. DiadayJanuary 22, 2024 at 3:04 PM

    The sheep are so fortunate to have those beautiful wool coats. That umbrella looks like an accident waiting to happen...

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  9. Jake of FloridaJanuary 22, 2024 at 4:03 PM

    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.

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  10. Gemma's personJanuary 22, 2024 at 4:57 PM

    I wonder, have they burnt something in the pub? The window upstairs is flung open.

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  11. rottroverJanuary 22, 2024 at 5:16 PM

    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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