Surviving
Hello. Remember me? It's been a rather apocalyptic week in Glasgow what with the tragic helicopter crash at the weekend and the storm earlier today. We've survived intact though. The storm has passed, but sadly it hasn't taken my work deadlines with it.
I picked up this rather splendid picture from the RNLI on twitter earlier today. The ship is not actually a real ship, she's the Black Pearl (what else?), a "pirate ship" built from driftwood and found objects on New Brighton beach. A rather solemn news item read
"Today's storm saw the sad demise of New Brighton's famous pirate ship the Black Pearl including its two rat inhabitants who I suspect drowned."
The Black Pearl
For those that are interested in such things, the top wind speed recorded today was 142 mph on the summit of Aonoch Mor. And the top windspeed on my home island of Lewis was 131 mph at the Butt of Ness. A bit brisk then.
I picked up this rather splendid picture from the RNLI on twitter earlier today. The ship is not actually a real ship, she's the Black Pearl (what else?), a "pirate ship" built from driftwood and found objects on New Brighton beach. A rather solemn news item read
"Today's storm saw the sad demise of New Brighton's famous pirate ship the Black Pearl including its two rat inhabitants who I suspect drowned."
The Black Pearl
For those that are interested in such things, the top wind speed recorded today was 142 mph on the summit of Aonoch Mor. And the top windspeed on my home island of Lewis was 131 mph at the Butt of Ness. A bit brisk then.