Saturday 19/08/06

Having a lie-in this morning. The Italian couple return this morning, prior to flying out on Sunday evening. They had a nice time up and down the islands, except for Wednesday. Their attempts to catch a bus to Point are thwarted as the bus never turned up. The morning is cloudy with a cold wind. The cruiseship Kristina Regina, which was in earlier this week, was well-known in Stornoway in the 1970s. She was used to house workers in the then-oil fabrication yard at Arnish. The ship was then called Borea. Go out to Trees in the Park, where 19 bands play in the Castle Grounds. It starts to rain when I return to the town centre. Have a look at the boats moored alongside Pier no 1. After cooking chicken korma we invite the Italian couple in for a whisky-laced ceilidh at the fireside. A ceilidh? A Gaelic meeting.