Orkney's weather wins and I learn to embed videos

Friday 1st October 2010
The day started a bit breezy but the forcast is for gales later.
We have tickets to go to a "Help for Heroes" concert in Kirkwall tonight. It should be a good one.
The weather stayed reasonable until about 3:30PM then it started raining which with the high winds was a bit uncomfy outside.


"The Chair" and Saltfishfourty both playing along with some other good singers and groups.



I thought that it would be a nice night out for Pam before she went into hospital tomorrow morning.
Unfortunately Orkney weather won again.

During the afternoon the wind got up to force 9 (severe gale) and although we got over number 3 barrier with no problems, when we got to number two barrier it was closed. I think that even if it wasn't closed I probably would not have attempted to cross it. Our end was OK but we could see the waves at the far end crashing right over the top of the barrier. It may or may not have washed the car off into the sea but it would certainly have done severe damage as a few tons of water descended on the car.

Deciding that discretion was etc etc, we returned to Burray and went for a meal and a jar at the Sands. At least it did not feel to bad wasting the tickets as the money we paid went to a good cause.