Ouchie

 Nit of a change of plan. Jill was supposed to be heading out for her PA time. While reaching in to unplug the car the 60 mph wind caught and slammed the door, right on the hand.

So. It was off to a and e. Luckily there is no break, just a wee bit of floating chip, and a fair bit of damage to the carpal nerve ie. No feeling in thumb or 1 st finger. It could have been much worse.

Today, the feeling has come back and the bruise is starting to get pretty so it was back to work. Both of this weeks guests have had plans changed due to the weather. John went yesterday and Mingyang went today.

We did do some scenery checks on the way.

Bit more snow 

We managed to get him on an earlier ferry.

It was actually a lull day though and was quite nice so we had a quick Melby check.

Back with the wind

 It's been very windy again. It blew the last bit of our extra tough chimney cowl off!!.

We have been busy with visitors, so not much time out, but today had a couple of hours wave watching.

We spotted an otter in the surf. It was difficult keeping up with it , due to the rough sea.

And the purple Sandpipers were still there.

On the way home we had some super rainbows. In between hail showers 

Finally, working outdoors

 The last couple of days have been good so Jill has been working outdoors. The rockery has had more added to it. The path now reaches the step and the new drainage ditch is getting bigger . The cat helped!

We had a quick break yesterday, and got lucky. We had a lazy hare for about 20 minutes.

The tide was right out at Melby which meant the Long tailed ducks were feeding right on the shoreline.

Jill checked on the  wildlife camera. Need to check the footage properly but it looks like we captured something good. While down the bottom Jill checked on the new bridge ( Jilly's bridge) down by the loch. It is now much easier getting to the beach. Thank you Liam from Access Shetland. https://www.shetland.gov.uk/blog/shetlandoutdoors It's appeared in less than two weeks of asking. 

The beach was great today. Some good waves to watch.

Did spot a distant otter