Saturday 28/10/06

Cloudy day today, but mainly dry, apart from a brief downpour at 4pm. Easter Ross continues to mop up following the floods on Thursday. The caravan, owned by mrs B's son, is put back at lunchtime; it will stay in mrs B's backyard until Easter 2007. Yesterday was an extremely busy day in Somerfields, with about 10 trolleys waiting at every of its 20 checkouts. That's what you call panic-buying, resulting from the disruption to the ferries. Supper is chicken jalfrezi, which is less spicy than the microwaveable variety. Lottery yields no wins, as per normal. The coal and logs burn well in the fireplace, as the hours tick away to the change to wintertime - GMT - at 2 am.