Monday 31/07/06

I make a very late start today. A horrendous smash on the A9 at Inverness kills two Peruvian students on an exchange visit. They were on their way to Stornoway. The chairman of NHS Western Isles is off sick with work-related stress. So is a good part of his workforce, as a result of his team's policies. A staffnurse from the hospital was seriously injured on Saturday, when her car collided with a service bus at Coll. Mrs B's relatives come in for a visit, after which the lady herself heads into town. I get the rest of the shopping in at 3.30pm. A flood of emails continues thorugh the day, it's now nearly 50 daily. I submitted the moth I saw on Wednesday to the Butterfly Conservation for logging. The weathe deteriorates through the day to give some brief drizzle late pm. Dinner today consists of lemon chicken. A program on STV focuses on hurricanes, but only shows the 2004 ones. Two tropical depressions form: one over the Philippines, the other near Baja California.