Wednesday 25/10/06

Arose this morning to the sight of a ship, the Lass Moon, coming into port with the assistance of a harbour pilot. She docked at the Arnish jetty. On her deck are two sections for wind turbines. Two other sections apparently went overboard in the North Sea during a storm. The turbines were coming from Denmark, after being shipped there from the Arnish Fabrication Yard in August for completion. Arnish (run by Camcal) is currently shut down because of cashflow problems. News comes through that a boy of 15, resident in Lewis, has shot himself with a shotgun in a village near Ullapool. The incident took his life. It is initially thought to be suicide, but the parents later issue a statement that it was a terrible accident. The weather is cold and windy, and I don't go further than the shop. The man who went missing near Welshman's Rock in Rum was found dead at the bottom of the waterfall a week after he fell. Have supper with mrs B and make it another late night.