Friday 31/03/06

Nasty wet day, very cold and unpleasant. Head out to town at 1130 to scan in a few cartoons about the Sunday sailings issue. Tickets for today's Feis nan Coisir [Choir Fair] have sold out - I think I left it too late. The day continues quite cold. Mrs B has to take it easy through the afternoon, so I do likewise. The G.O. Sars has finally departed. According to radio reports, a fishing boat is in trouble 200 miles to the west of Lewis, taking in water. A helicopter flies in from Benbecula to drop off a pump, but because of the distance it only had 25 minutes to do so.