Today is the shopping ferry/bus trip. A group of islanders cross.... I stay home and the boxes I order in advance come to the door.....getting too old to travel.
Needs hardly saying that with the high wind and continual heavy deluges, the ferry is cancelled today. Apocalyptic weather....
So emails have been flying with the sheer miracle email is, to rearrange and reorganise for tomorrow..
Of course I keep copious extra stocks in here for such eventualities and could last a few weeks if need be...
No raw chicken for the cats though! It got missed last week, so spares were used. Plenty of tins.. and other treasures in the freezer.. adaptability is the key to island life,,,
And the rain keeps sheeting down, hard against the walls and roof .
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