lightning passing by

A bouncy gale swept across the islands this afternoon followed by lightning this evening. All this elemental stuff is set against my attendance at the weekly boxercise class in Scoil Lionacleit: full of plump, red, sweaty ladies it was threatening to become a poster case for early-onset menopause but we were saved today by the arrival of a brave solitary man who made everybody else look coordinated. Thankfully the chronic incontinence of the first class has faded so now I can just concentrate on the pain. Back to tea of scalloped potatoes, smoked salmon and broccoli. Calabrese was the only green vegetable left in the coop this weekend (3 for £2!) so I'm going to have to learn to love it. My wee cottage here is now knee-deep in pending tasks (unpacking, washing-up, emails about feed-in-tariffs, CDs to be sent down to Devon ...) but it looks like it'll be an expedition (waterproof trousers, the works) to walk int work tomorrow so the tasks will have to pend a bit longer.