Saturday 26/08/06

My emergence from bed usually occurs in the second half of the morning these days. Bit on the late side, but my appearance into bed isn't usually on the same day as the emergence from said bed. It's one of those non-descript weather days, with a very fine drizzle and occasional glimpses of the sun. See pics above. The German cyclists head off for Ullapoo. They intend to cycle all the way from Ullapool to Glasgow. That's 210 miles [330 km] in 5 days. I wish them luck. A Swiss chap, now resident of London, turns up to stay after travelling north from Barra. He flies out tomorrow. Go into town later in the afternoon, but have to trawl three shops for the papers. Dinner is a microwaveable meal, with peaches and icecream after. No luck with the lottery. Night falls at 8.45pm. Keeping an eye on two hurricanes, Ioke in the Pacific and Ernesto in the Caribbean. Ioke remains category 5, Ernesto might do something nasty in the southern States.