Hurricane Katia

The tail end of hurricane Katia has arrived!

I met a friend for coffee in Largs hits morning and then, despite the high winds and torrential rain, I decided to have a wee wander round the shops!  Fortunately (for once) there were slim pickings in the charity shops, so I decided to get the bus back home.

What a journey!  The road from Largs to Greenock follows the coast - and there was a particularly high tide.  At one point there was a large puddle on the road which the bus ploughed through - just as a huge wave broke onto the road!  Despite the fact that all the bus windows were closed, a small amount of sea water actually sprayed into the bus!  Thank goodness for a skillful driver!  Seaweed and other debris was scattered all over the road - the waves were extremely high -  absolutely treacherous!  In all the years that I've lived here, I don't think I've ever seen it as bad as it was!

I'm back home and have had a wee cuppa, but I've just heard on the radio that the road is now closed!

Much as I love the river, I wouldn't like to be out on the Clyde today!

Hope you are having more settled weather wherever you are.

Love, Liz

Autumn Already?

If you were to visit Inverclyde and North Ayrshire at the moment, you could be forgiven for thinking that it is autumn and not the middle of June!  Look at the trees!  All these photographs were taken today.

Leaves are going brown and falling.  Actually saw a man today, brushing up fallen leaves from outside his house.

I read that it's been caused by the extremely bad winter weather and the storms which affected us during the spring.  We've had lots of high winds and excessive rainfall too.

What's worrying me is what are the poor wee birds going to live on when it really is autumn, if the trees are not going to be producing berries and fruit?

Hope mother nature has been kinder to your area.

Love, Liz