NEWSFLASH; ITS ON FOR ST KILDA
According to the chappie with the boat, tomorrow is to be a northerly force 4 veering southwesterly by afternoon increasing to ...errrr...? I'm sure he knows what he's doing and doesn't feel under any pressure at all to pay off the £150,000 that the new boat cost, or to cover the cost of diesel for the 80 mile round trip or even the outrageous public liability insurance. No no no non of that will come into the equation when deciding whether or not to brave the full force of the atlantic swell which has nothing between here and the coast of Labrador to impede it.
Granted we awoke to a blanket of snow this morning which had miraculously all gone a short time later, a testament to the changeability of the weather here on Lewis. The final leg of the voyage, as far as i can make out, involves the party being disgorged into a rubber dinghy and shoved off in the general direction of the island.. as they say... it'll be a laugh. Despite any improvements in weather forecasting our host here, when questioned directly, expressed little enthusiasm for braving 80 miles of the
atlantic in a boat of such a size, . But I'm sure our man in Leverburgh knows what he's doing..... .
Eternal Father, strong to save
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave.
Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep
Oh hear us when we cry to thee
For those in peril on the sea.
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