The end of the month

We have had all sorts of days in February, and a lot of them wet.  There has been some sunshine in between the showers and some great waves. 

Waves at Calgary

Between Calgary and Treshnish

A Cormorant, victim of the storms lying beside the deer fence.

Rum, Skye, Eigg, Muck - from Ben Duill

The Paps of Jura, over the tip of Gometra and the Ross of Mull

Beautiful Ben More

The Treshnish Isles - from Ben Duill

Calgary..

Treshnish waves

Sunday morning walk

No snow at Treshnish.  We had a dusting of snow-hail we call 'snail'.  We walked up to the Sitheans, past the lochan which was almost frozen over.  Normally Cap swims here, so we kept him away this time.  

The hill sheep are still in the in-by fields so we could let the dogs run about a bit.  It was beautifully still and quiet. The air was really crisp and clear and we could see Ben More on South Uist, and Macleods Tables on Skye between Canna and Rum.

We found Hare footprints in the 'snail'.

Rum, so white.

When the days are short, we take advantage of the sunshine, particularly on the weekend.

Cap loves nothing better than a snowball shower!

Walking home across the boggy hill, a layer of crunch.

Farmer and Daughter let the young Herdwicks out for the day. They careered round the field leaping and jumping!

East and Middle ready for guests arriving today.

In the evenings at the moment, Farmer is busy looking back through the farm paperwork for a group he is part of, benchmarking farms on the island against each other, to see what areas of the business can be improved.  It is not a pleasant job, adding up the costs of the hay, concentrate food and medicines compared to the lamb sales income.  

And the 'glen road' from Aros Bridge to Dervaig on Friday morning..

A winter weather week.

We have had some wonderful days of weather this week.  And some horrors.  A winter weather week. Work has been progressing well in Shian.  The electrician has nearly finished his part of the project, he just has to come back when the plaster boarding is finished.   

The cottage felt so warm going in yesterday afternoon. The heat from the stove seemed to be warming the whole place.   You wouldn't have known there was a gale blowing outside. 

This is Duill.

The little lochan next to Duill.

Today the weather was very wintery.  We woke to a dusting of snow.  Farmer got totally frozen during the feeding chores.  Walter is getting better at holding on. 

The guests from Middle left this morning.  We warned them about the un-gritted road between Dervaig and Aros Bridge, but then had to use it ourselves.  It was fine!  It looked wintery and the sky was darker than the landscape, but it had started to rain by midday.

Between here and there

The headland from the road.

The rocks from the cliff.

 The reeds at Dervaig.

One day light

All in one day at Treshnish. A Sunday.