We have been experiencing strong South
Easterly gales over the last few days, unusual for this part of the world where
strong winds and storms usually hit us from the western half of the compass. We were scheduled to do our first run of the
winter timetable south to Colonsay on Monday, but with the pier being on the
east side of the island and the forecast predicting a SE force 7 to 9 we had to
sensibly call off as it would have been impossible to tie up safely.
Due to the disruption to other services, out
to the Outer Hebrides, we continued with our Mull service. There were high seas and strong gusts of wind
which lead to the vessel rolling and pitching heavily on the way across, indeed
as can be seen in the photo below we did sustain damage in the mess room. Fortunately procedures are in place to minimise
and contain any consequent damage in that the cap was securely screwed on.
The chef this time round is excelling
himself, this was the sweet of the day for lunch.
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