It rained for most of yesterday, clearing briefly when the Northern Lighthouse Board's
Pharos came down the Sound shortly after 2pm. She anchored off Mingary and spent the night there - in the usual blaze of light. The Diary suspects that as a Lighthouse ship, she feels the need to be seen for miles around during the hours of darkness.
It was still raining this morning, It's no good pretending this is 'Kilchoan Sunshine' - this is real rain, some 28mm of it in the last 24 hours. How much we've had is, as usual, reflected in the sudden streams that appear, plunging in white froth down the hillsides - here, running down
Glas Bheinn, with Grianan, in Ormsaigmore, in the foreground.
Bigger streams, such as the Mill Burn, are in full flood, masses of peaty water rushing to meet the sea. In the right background are the houses of Ormsaigbeg, with The Ferry Stores at far right.
For some, like this otter feeding on small shellfish off the slipway below the shop, even a deluge of rain makes little difference. We haven't seen an otter in Kilchoan Bay for some time. They're shy creatures, so a busy summer of boats and people discourages them. Now that it's quiet, they're back.
But for others, the rain is a misery - though this fine animal in the field below
Meall mo Chridhe has a remarkably philosophical expression on his face.
It rained for most of yesterday, clearing briefly when the Northern Lighthouse Board's Pharos came down the Sound shortly after 2pm. She anchored off Mingary and spent the night there - in the usual blaze of light. The Diary suspects that as a Lighthouse ship, she feels the need to be seen for miles around during the hours of darkness.
It was still raining this morning, It's no good pretending this is 'Kilchoan Sunshine' - this is real rain, some 28mm of it in the last 24 hours. How much we've had is, as usual, reflected in the sudden streams that appear, plunging in white froth down the hillsides - here, running down Glas Bheinn, with Grianan, in Ormsaigmore, in the foreground.
Bigger streams, such as the Mill Burn, are in full flood, masses of peaty water rushing to meet the sea. In the right background are the houses of Ormsaigbeg, with The Ferry Stores at far right.
For some, like this otter feeding on small shellfish off the slipway below the shop, even a deluge of rain makes little difference. We haven't seen an otter in Kilchoan Bay for some time. They're shy creatures, so a busy summer of boats and people discourages them. Now that it's quiet, they're back.
But for others, the rain is a misery - though this fine animal in the field below Meall mo Chridhe has a remarkably philosophical expression on his face.
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