Sunday 27/08/06

Have breakfast latish, then watch BBC Countryfile. Mrs B gets a visit from her son, who lives up the road. A new memorial is to be built in Glen Nevis, to replace the ones that are to be removed from the summit of nearby Ben Nevis. Weather today is fairly bright with a few light showers. People in the States are getting worried over Ernesto, which is battering Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The worst problem is the rainfall, with totals between 4 and 20 inches [100 and 500 mm] in one day. London's annual rainfall total is 16 inches [800 mm]. Supper tonight is spag bol. At 7pm, a family from New Zealand call in to enquire for vacancies, which mrs B does have. As soon as she's got the room ready, that is. So, off they go to a restaurant and return at 8.30. They have to return to said restaurant to retrieve a wallet that was left behind. I go out at 8.30 for a short walk to the Coastguard Station, just up the road, but it's cold tonight. When I go to bed, the bathroom has been turned into an extension to the guests' bedrooms - no, we don't have en-suite! So, mrs B comes in to clear a path for me to reach the washbasin and the loo. Dear me.