Old Kilmore Church, Sunday Roast & Totternish Gallery 5th Jan 2020

When I came downstairs, Vince had build another great fire and asked me to order some more logs from Lorraine (the lady who owns the house). She was very kind and said we could have the same as we had before (75 GBP) and could deliver them today - yeah!

The pillows are not what we are used to and it has been leaving me waking each morning with a sore neck and restless night’s sleep so Vince had the bright idea that we just buy something else and leave it behind after our 3 months here, he had even found some pillows on the Marks and Spencer website. So for 50 GBP we have ordered two memory microfibre pillows that should arrive on the 10th Jan.

After a simple breakfast of tea and toast and marmalade, we headed out into the cold wet day to try out a few different lenses to photograph the Old Kilmore Church against the landscape in a variety of compositions. I want a minimalist kind of look to it, maybe even try black and white. Today is really just a scoping out exercise around the shot I will take in better weather. Hopefully maybe a sunrise shot behind the church - I’ll need to check the Photographers Ephemeris App to see where and when the sun will be in the right place for it.

When we returned Lorraine was already loading the logs into our porch area for us - fantastic. We gave her a couple of pieces of wedding cake but she was too busy to stop for a cuppa.

Then it was all on in our little kitchen as Vince cooked a wonderful roast lamb Sunday lunch for us and our new crofter friend, Alan Duncan at midday. I made the apple crumble and custard for afters and we all enjoyed a dram or two of Alan’s favourite - Lediag Whiskey.

Alan is a real local character, with lots of interesting stories and historical facts - a wealth of knowledge and fun! He told us that the card he had sent for our wedding was from a local gallery (Trotternish Gallery) owned by his friends Bill and Susie Lawrence. Bill is also the custodian of the Boothy on Rubha Hunish.

After lunch (around 3.00pm) we said farewell to Alan, and sent him off with some scraps for the dogs and chickens, as well as the box of treats I bought them them the other day.

The weather had been bad all day - wind and rain, but we decided to go for a drive to the Trotternish Gallery and have a look. We really enjoyed chatting with Bill and his wife Susie, and bought 4 of their lovely cards (3.00 GBP each) - one of which we will send as a thank you with the calendar we have bought for Aad’s Mum and Dad for their wedding gifts.

Back at home we had a simple meal of sausage sandwhiches and settled in to watch the Notebook on DVD.