Urrgh. Horrendous weather has greeted us as we have awoken the last two days. The wind on Tuesday was outrageous gusts up to fifty miles an hour. Dusti went out in it with Sarah and hiked halfway up a mountain and got blown about and soaked. I wanted to take pics but there was no chance i was taking my gear out in that. I spent the day editing images and relaxing.
Sarah made dinner which of course was a fabulous. A whole wheat spaghetti dish with veggies and bacon in it. It was also Frankie's birthday so we indulged in delightful orange cake that Sarah had also made. Sarah's dad made a superb card for Frankie which showed him exploring the Scottish land closely followed by a deer and a hunter. I took a snapshot of it.
Frankie has spent much of the time here exploring with this foxes tail attached to his belt. He explains to us that it allows him to become one of his alter egos so the card really is magic. Frankie is a really great guy and has had us all laughing a great deal. I told him he needs a YouTube channel. I'm pretty sure he'd be a hit very quickly.
After dinner we got into a long interesting discussion about making a short film whilst on the island. Sophia, Matthews daughter is about to start university this September and will be studying film and expressed interest in doing a project like this. I am all over this as i have always wanted to make a film too but never had anyone to do it with. She wants to enter the film in a BBC competition too. With Final Cut Pro and all the cameras and gear and talent we have I think we are going to pull this off. By the end of the week i may be able to post the final product depending on bandwidth or i may have to wait due to the competition rules. I can tell you we have spent a good bit of time preparing and Sophia has written a great script and we have a shot list story boarded out. We hope to shoot tomorrow. Hopefully the weather will cooperate.
Speaking of weather there is a chance it will brighten up for our last two days so along with filming the movie I hope to get out and shoot some more of Ronay and hopefully some of the wildlife.
I did get a short window this morning to shoot a couple of long exposures of the house we are staying in. Before i came on this trip i knew this is one of the shots i wanted to get right. I'm pretty happy with these.
After Frankie and Kate's Risotto dinner we headed out to try catch another sunset. We ended up with a rainbow over the bay which was pretty cool. Fingers crossed for two last days of half decent weather.
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