Woo Hoo, that’s me back ‘online’ after more than two months without the Internet
Many, many thanks to Sean and Ali of Applenet https://www.facebook.com/AppleNet-580886885360852/ who turned up here around 11:00 and sorted us out.
So, where was I since I spoke (or was it ranted) last, a couple of weeks at least I guess and one of those was spent working with my ‘back to back’ on the other shift. Your truly was called in at the last moment to cover one of the ‘seaman pursers’ who was doing a radar course. With a gazillion and one things to do and Belladrum http://www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk/ on the horizon the last thing I wanted was a few days ‘call back’ but the extra spending money will come in handy right enough.
So, with my hen like memory I’ll trawl through my pictures and see what I’ve done.
This will be giving you an idea why were insane enough to build a house here in the first place, sure we’ve no landline, an iffy phone signal and no backup for the Internet, but it does have its compensations. Sunsets like this being one of them
and morning visitors like this another.
The commute aint bad either,
a couple of velvet covered young stags at Tarbert.
The ‘Department bull’ and his harem at Glam one fine morning with a few sheep awaiting shearing.
The drive home last Saturday night with the sun going down over Portree bay.
Early morning view of Hallaig and Glamaig.
Churchton bay filling up with yachts one fine evening.
The MV Proud Seahorse https://www.hebridescruises.co.uk/our-vessels/ another visitor, though this time on a pretty miserable day.
The ‘superyacht’ Amaryllis https://www.yachtcharterfleet.com/luxury-charter-yacht-25046/amaryllis.htm a mere £690K per week to charter
One of the many rainbows
Home at last, or at least very nearly. This will be ‘Calum’s road’ just after Tarbert on the way north, probably me listening to Front Row on Radio 4.
They just keep getting bigger
With a Range Rover parked in my barn you’ll forgive my indulgence in this beauty,
a ‘mint’ Rover P5 3.5V8 from Holland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_P5 . Now, when ‘I was a lad’ this was a huge car, probably the largest you could buy outside some ‘yank tank’ or a Rolls Royce. Now it’s the same size as a fiesta!!!!!!
People are getting fatter, cars are getting bigger but supermarket car parking spaces are getting smaller
More recently
So that’s it, I finally finished worked a few days late and managed to do some wandering around the hills of Arnish,
the ‘wee dug’ and I looking for a 4g phone signal. EE recently put a mast up at Skriag on Skye and I was thinking that this would be an excellent ‘back up’ if the ‘AppleNet’ system went down again. Methinks it would be feasible using something like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/HUAWEI-External-Periodic-antenna-highest/dp/B00D1VXZ3E with a suitable router. Many thanks to Mostie for that ‘nugget’ Cheers Graham methinks you have put me on the right track for a suitable back up.
I reckon one of those Yagi antennas on the wind turbine mast on the right would give me a good reception from the Skriag transmitter
Getting ready for Bella
So, once I finally finished working I got stuck into getting the ‘Old Girl’ ready for Bella.
First task being a full service then some work on the Warn 9500 winch. A new motor and winch wire being the order of the day.