She's back!

Caught sight of PS Waverley this afternoon as she thudded up the Firth past Dunoon - a welcome sight, as she's been out of service for over a week waiting for a new air pump. I'm reliably informed that one had to be made specially for this lovely old ship, although the knowledge did little to assuage my disappointment at not being able to keep a long-planned meeting on board with old friends.

The sky in this photo has all the elements of this annoying spell of weather - the promise of hot sun, the more benign white clouds that cover it, the threatening grey in the north. I was sequentially soaked and boiled when I was out ...