'tis like that here today too 
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Just got back from walking the girls up on the airstrip. 50mph Northerly blasting into me with the added delight of brief hail showers which felt like needles hitting my face.
There are a couple of supply ships sheltering in the Wick of Tresta to the South of the Island. Canât say I blame them. Sea conditions on the Northern side are far from sailor friendly.
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Maybe itâll run aground⌠Get ready Paul !
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Thats look pretty close, you could rig up a bosunâs chair and arrange for a pizza delivery for them. Mind you the driver might need a larger than normal tip. 
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I seriously envy you that location mate 
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It has downsides as well, but not many and I canât think of a better place to live, for me. As Iâve said before, it definitely isnât for everybody, but I love remote places, wildlife, wild weather and never thinking of locking a door.
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River Severn has risen alarmingly- on our walk to Bewdley today they had started putting up the flood defences.
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Hopefully the houses will escape the rising water. It must be terrible to be flooded.
They are up in Ironbridge today. Seen trees heading your way.
Thatâs completely mind boggling, having a view like that out of your living room window! Wow. I could get into that.
I grew up in Snowdonia, and Iâve lived 7 years right up on top of Dartmoor, but thatâs a whole other level.
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Today was the first in 14 that didnât have gale force winds. We had fucking hail instead.
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Wonder if the captain is looking at you through his binoculars and thinking âWay Ankerâ.
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Plus the likelihood of the plod stumbling over your giant ganja farm are pretty slim 
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Nerd fact: Gordon Jackson, who played George in Whisky Galore, who got pissed on contraband whisky and finally stood up to his domineering mum, and was also often depicted with a glass of âsingle maltâ as Cowley in The Professionals, couldnât stand the taste of whisky and never drank it in real life,
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Well where did he stash that lot in the boat?
I need to know.
Have you been setting flares to draw them in?
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You need to find out whatâs on the boat Paul. Then jam itâs radar with as much aluminium foil as you can get from Tesco ( I know this is not straight forward with you living in the North pole). After that, weâre on the way. Plenty of canoes on this forum, plus Robâs garden boat.
Itâs called Vestland Artemis. The other supply ship is Enya. No idea what they are carrying, but theyâre still there sheltering. You can see their positions on this
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-0.841/centery:60.579/zoom:14
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I wasnât going to go there, but it needed saying 
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