Monday 22/05/06

Breakfast at 8.40, with the German couple. They went to Great Bernera and Uig yesterday, all the way to Mealista (45 miles from SY). On Isles FM, the question was asked where all the sound effects came from that Kenny-there-you-go uses on his show. What sound effects? Birds singing, planes going overhead, cars driving past. Sound effects? He does his show with the backdoor open, so you hear the birds tweeting in the trees outside, binlorries going past and planes flying by. It's bitterly cold this morning. Mrs B has to go to Somerfields at 9 am and gets pelted with hail. Yep, it's May 22nd. Maximum temperature today 7 C / 45 F. It feels more like February. The two workmen return to Glasgow. Mrs B has a flood of booking requests. Two Canadians arrive from Tarbert at 5pm. They're here for 2 nights. A four-fold increase is reported in rates of MRSA colonisation at the Western Isles Hospital. The Health Board's Medical Director puts it down to increased numbers of patients passing through the hospital. The Coastguard tug is busy this afternoon. The grass is cut this evening. At 11.30 pm, it's still light.