Lifeboats and old boats

I have been back on board the Isle of Mull for five days now, providing the service for the good folk of Mull. Now that the jet stream has decided to position itself in the usual position i.e. just to the North of here, we are experiencing what we Might call, our usual weather. As London and Paralympics bask in sunshine, we have mist and rain, see photo of Oban.

This morning to kick off our Sunday we dropped the two starboard lifeboats down to the water and sent them away for a wee trip.

One of my old ships Balmoral has been here in Oban ever since I joined, berthed across the Bay on the North Pier. I'm unsure what is the matter other than she is undergoing repairs, great pity for them
as they have had to cancel their Northern Ireland sailings.

Tomorrow sees a BBC crew coming on board to do some filming and maybe even a wee interview with yours truly.