Cara Belle

9.0C with heavy rain then showers later. Storm clearing slowly. Last night the gusts got up to 75 mph, and were over 60 mph for hours. The wind last night was Westerly and today it swung WNW and slowly decreased to 34 mph or so with gusts still over 45 mph at 3pm.

Fergus and I were out in very heavy rain this morning. It really caught us out and although we were both dressed for it, it was very wet !

Fergus and I went for our walk after lunch. We went round to the harbour, had a wander round the old quay, and out along the shore side of the park. No new wind turbine sections were delivered in the storm last night.

We went as far as the mile marker then turned and came back the same way then along the street side of the park and came home through town passing the town hall and the bookshop (closed for half day). We didn't get wet.

On the Clip while walking:
BBC Radio 3 Arts and Ideas podcast:
David Bailey, Don McCullin
"A pair of photographers look back at their careers which began in the 1960s. Philip Dodd meets David Bailey in his studio and talks to Don McCullin about his Tate retrospective."

Radio Scotland's Brainwaves Podcast:
Pennie Latin looked at our pain threshold and learns about techniques to increase it. Why do we cope better with pain in certain situations, and why do our thresholds vary so much?

Afternoon music ... BBC Radio Scotland.

DC-TZ90  f/5 1/1000 sec. ISO-80 4mm (35mm focal length 28mm)