Saturday 08/04/06

At midnight, the ship that is taking the sections of piping away from Arnish leaves. At 1 a.m., a ship is seen at anchor behind the Coastguard Station. It is quite large. In the morning, it's still there. As the day wears on, I can make out it belongs to the Big Lift Shipping Co., which is capable of lifting loads up to 1100 tons on board. The weather is not as windy as yesterday, but still cold. Showers remain wintery, hail, sleet, snow. After lunch, I join mrs B and her son in a trip to town. She has to drop something off at An Lanntair. I go into the library to doublecheck the Iolaire list, where someone did leave a comment about one of the pictures. Oh. Return via the Baltic Bookshop, where I buy an A4-sized notepad with a glaringly orange cover. At 4.30, I go across to the Coastguard Station to take a closer look at the ship, but it's several miles away. She is likely to be sheltering from the conditions. The high load makes her susceptible to the high winds we're having at the moment.