Last Thursday Bill the Diver called to say that he would be round to see to the mooring that we need fixing for the RIB - we had one for Lily (I still haven't told you about her have I?) but it has disappeared, along with two creel marker buoys. I decided to take the canoe ( 'Better Drowned') out and see if I could find any mortal remains - the water is so clear in the bay. Could not find the mooring chain (obliterated by weed it later transpired) but did find one of the buoys, so hauled it aboard the canoe (wet, weedy and heavy, being weighted by an ancient creel) and brought it ashore. Paddling round the bay is great; you can get really close to the seals on the rocks, and they come and gather round the canoe as you move along. Bill, Liz and Colin arrived later to inspect the old mooring, and then came up to the house for tea...
On Friday I went down to the jetty to bring the canoe up to the house; the water was so still, and the cloud so low, that there was an eerie beauty about the bay. Went for a paddle (without a buoyancy aid, oh sinner) and got within ten feet of the seals on the rocks - they then gave me an escort back to the jetty. Used the trolley thing to bring canoe back to the house, so much easier than on the shoulders, which I can do on my own, but I swear it shortens my stature by amounts I cannot afford to lose.
Saturday, had to head back to the mainland, but compensation in seeing three otters on the way to Feolin. All the time I spent lurking by the jetty in the drizzle on Friday and not a sighting.... Really sad to leave the Isle this time, but will be back in a few weeks, with a nice list of dinghy repairing and quilt making jobs to be getting along with. Plus, we will have the RIB to go exploring in. Corrywreckan, here I come............
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Hahahahaha..... it took a few minutes for the aged brain to work out the title...and it is after midnight. Am still waiting for the crones to appear!
She left you behind????!!!!!!! Not fair at all! I can't believe how clear the water was. Not like that when I have been there, but i have only been in winter now i come to think of it. You seem to have had a great time.
HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! You have been back on Jura for 5 days now, so WHERE IS AN UPDATE? You snoozing? And yes it is 2.34 in the morning. Do not ask.
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