A Little Bit of This and That

Those of you who also read the blog of my brother CJ, John, Scriptor Senex will have a reasonable idea of what has been happening in Eagleton over the last few weeks whilst CJ has been here and since Jo arrived earlier in the week.

The Nighthawk has had its brain re-programmed and is now as right as rain and raring to take me and my visitors wherever they may wish to wander. This particular journey was with CJ to Callanish.

CJ and I went to the shore at Barvas accompanied by magnificent skies:

 and whilst CJ searched for pebbles I photographed the surfers

CJ and Jo at the Butt of Lewis with CJ using Jo as a photographer's rest to photograph a gannet

On the way from Ness I was left musing as to what the Council was doing allowing such a plethora of road signs on a main road where the high volume of traffic (note position of tongue when uttering this statement) could cause a pile-up whist drivers' concentration was distracted. 

If anyone thinks that the people of Lewis in general and Ness in particular are staid and unimaginative then think again. However the real reason I included this was so that Spesh would suddenly realise that David had a job to do before this 'summer' is over.

The weather has been such that the young sparrow have been sheltering from the strong cold winds and taking advantage of the stones warmed by the sun at the same time.

 or sheltering in the lee of the garage. It's a hard life arriving in the world to a 'summer' like this.

Signposts for Stornoway Pedestrians

One of the (many) Good Things about Stornoway is the way visitors are helped to find their way around.  All over the centre of the Town are pedestrian signposts.  I parked in Bayhead (Drochaid) a few days ago to go into a shop and became aware of the signpost  just a few yards away.  It is not just informative , it is also very attractive.   The coat of arms depicted is the old Stornoway Burgh coat of arms which I think is a thoughtful touch. 

Here Today

The pedestrian area around the Town Hall in Stornoway is being re-paved. Some of the guidance to pedestrians appeared, to me at least, a little confusing: