Saturday 28 December 2013

08 Boxing Day 2013

Boxing Day.  Dark mornings up north you know!  I set my camera on time lapse so it didn't miss dawn, once it finally decided to show... 

You should see the sun rise and start to head on it's slow journey across the sky....


Cracking view from the conservatory.  Think we'll take advantage of the good forecast today and wander out for a walk somewhere. 



Yesterday the weather wasn't great and we weren't out long before the heavens opened.


Off out then to walk off a few Christmas calories.  We parked up next to a tanker that was next to the track we would head up.  So what's special about a tanker you might wonder? 


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Well, when you look at what it carries (clue on the side), it's a malt whisky from Bruichladdich,











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....and if there's any doubt just look at the hazchem label on the side...!  lets see, wonder if any one's watching... where's my water bottle....







Off on the track then,  This is where we went.













half way along, just look at the peace and quiet.

 
 

I know what you're thinking, I'm not really there at all, but look... I'm in Al's rucksack!







On the way back I catch sight of some wildlife.  Horses and highland coos...  They all seemed to want me to pose with them.




Back home and hunker down as the wind and the rain strike again.  Woken up at midnight by the howling wind.  The chimney balloon (Al says this is a balloon to stop the wind coming down the chimney when the fire's not on) went bang and shot up the chimney.  The waves outside are spraying over the garden wall.  The sea has turned into angry foaming froth.  The foam looks like what you'd expect if you put fairy into your washing machine, it's all over the place!  It was even on the road at the front of the house.  Al took me out to see it and take some photos but it was very dark...

It looks like snow but that's the foam off the sea at the front of the house omg!


Hardly slept a wink for the rest of the night!



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