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Well, 2006 nears its end and its certainly going out with a bang!
The weather here on Bute is awful and not looking like getting much better for a few days so I guess 2007 will start as 2006 left off!!
Needless to say, the ferries are off , so yesterday the shelves in the supermarket were virtually empty not long after the shop opened. You'd think people were stocking up for spending a month in isolation!!
I don't know how the other islands cope, but I've got a theory that the people here don't really see this place as an island. Because its so close to the mainland and you can see it clearly every day, I think a lot of folk panic when the ferries stop!
Me, I love it! The idea that the outside world stops at Wemyss Bay and we can just get on with our lives over here at our own pace.
Whatever you do tonight and whoever you spend it with, Have a happy hogmany and here's to a peaceful and prosperous 2007.