Friday 07/07/06

Bright and fairly sunny start to the day. The cycling couple start on their journey home, in Jersey. They hired bikes in Lochboisdale, and the cycles will be taken back to Lochboisdale by a local haulage company. The price of that is included in the rental price. At midday, a two-minutes silence is observed in memory of those killed in the bomb attacks in London, a year ago. Sun comes out brightly after 12 o'clock, but showers start up later on. Mrs B's nephew went on holiday this morning, only for his car to break down on the Kessock Bridge at Inverness, barely 55 miles into the 500 mile trip. Great garage that did the service earlier this week, well done, chaps. Rain starts at 4pm, just as I get the papers out. It lasts until 5.15. The early evening ferry, due in at 6.35 is nearly 20 minutes late. It brings mrs B's second son home with a friend. We have a 3 pounds' salmon steak for supper, accompanied by a salad. We head off to An Lanntair to attend the opening of an exhibition by photographer Gus Wylie. The majority of the black-and-white photographs were taken in the islands in 1975 and 1981, and it shows how much time has moved on since then. Mrs B's 4th son features in it, taken from the back with an embroidered jeans jacket; I have never met him. We close proceedings in the Criterion bar with a lager each. Mrs B goes to bed early, with a headache, brought on by new medicines.