Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th July

Windy Callanish

The weather for the last two days has been awful.

It started with heavy rain in the day on Monday and developed into a major strom pretty quickly.

The wind ripped through us - only interupted by incredibly heavy rain. We thought we may see the Moon but soon after this optimism, the heavens opened and just didn't stop!

We were confined to the van all day and night on Monday and to the house on Tuesday because we are exhausted now. It has been the only days of the journey that we have taken no photo's.

We spent Monday evening in the van with two refugees who were too scared to return to their tents. We thought we would wait for a lull so the refugees could escape, but it never came.......

We sat until 5am and honoured the moment of the Full Moon at 4.04am, then tried to sleep. It was impossible because of the incredible wind.

It is now 9pm on Tuesday and the wind has still not let up! We have taken refuge at the house and are enjoying the calm of four walls - I never thought I would choose to be in the house and not my van! We are going back out there to find somewhere sheltered to sleep. Lets hope the wind drops.....

We are experiencing the full extreme of the Hebridean weather.