Jeg gleder meg til sommeren
Posted: Monday, 22 January 2007 |
(That means "I am looking forward to the summer").
Yet again, it's another nice start to the day. Here's an older picture (that's my hoose in the middle), but the weather is pretty much the same:
Through the last week I've been getting calls and emails from people on the mainland. "The weather here is bad, so it must be terrible where you are. How are you surviving?".
Erm, no. The assumption that the weather here in the Outer Hebrides must ALWAYS be worse than on the mainland is Total. And. Utter. Twaddle.
True, we have our rainy days. And weeks. And sometimes months.
But we also can have long spells of glorious sunny weather. Whereas in a mainland city, sunny weather may mean 38C, smog, water shortages and general discomfort, here it usually means, well, warm - and no traffic, pollution, heatstrokes or water cuts. There doesn't appear to be a Gaelic word for "smog"(?) - which is not a surprise.
I guess if your quality of life is oriented around having a range of high street stores nearby to shop in at will, then you are better off in the mainland city, and not on a Scottish island.
Just in the summer killer heatwaves on the mainland - an event that now seems to be annual - I definitely know where I'd rather be (38C is *not* comfortable or functional). And when the southern half of the UK is turned into sub-Sahara desert, Scottish islands might turn out to be the most desirable places to live in for most people...
Morna,
Digital Sands
Yet again, it's another nice start to the day. Here's an older picture (that's my hoose in the middle), but the weather is pretty much the same:
Through the last week I've been getting calls and emails from people on the mainland. "The weather here is bad, so it must be terrible where you are. How are you surviving?".
Erm, no. The assumption that the weather here in the Outer Hebrides must ALWAYS be worse than on the mainland is Total. And. Utter. Twaddle.
True, we have our rainy days. And weeks. And sometimes months.
But we also can have long spells of glorious sunny weather. Whereas in a mainland city, sunny weather may mean 38C, smog, water shortages and general discomfort, here it usually means, well, warm - and no traffic, pollution, heatstrokes or water cuts. There doesn't appear to be a Gaelic word for "smog"(?) - which is not a surprise.
I guess if your quality of life is oriented around having a range of high street stores nearby to shop in at will, then you are better off in the mainland city, and not on a Scottish island.
Just in the summer killer heatwaves on the mainland - an event that now seems to be annual - I definitely know where I'd rather be (38C is *not* comfortable or functional). And when the southern half of the UK is turned into sub-Sahara desert, Scottish islands might turn out to be the most desirable places to live in for most people...
Morna,
Digital Sands
Comments
Usually if the weather on the mainland is bad, it's usually good here, and vice-versa, as to the global warming issues that you raised, I'm not sure if all the Scottish Islands will still be above water, what with the Polar Ice-caps melting, and half of Greenlands ice going the same way, some of us might need the shelter of the mainland. Hopefully it won't come to that, at least not until I'm dead and gone. Selfish get that I am !
Tws from Further up the cost
In that case, let's all strive to prevent the former coming about, in order to not bring about the latter......
Flying Cat from in a fluff
Sommeren!!! V氓ren (Spring) will do me for starters.
Hyper-Borean from The chill cabinet
Front left: is that a mighty sword, stuck by some Krispy Kreme swilling Norsk in the hard soil of Berneray?
mjc from NM,USA
I've mentioned this before, mjc, the poles are taking over...... Is hard soil the stuff that occasionally falls out of the bottoms of aeroplanes?
Flying Cat from Immigration Control
FC: if it is an american airline (not just American Airlines), it is solid gold.
mjc from NM,USA
I'm suprised there hasn't been a gaelic word created for smog after being unfortunate enough to have to walk through the cearns(housing project) oposite the western isles hospital on a cold day. Once they all have their fires going it's worse than any walk down a mainland street with it's cars. The sky is always just that little bit more grey over there in the winter. And why is it that the first thing ever asked about in mainland contact is the weather?? My family never believe me when it's been nice because the weather forcast says it was bad......and we all know how often the news weather gets that right don't we !! :-) But i agree, after spending an awful 2 weeks down south last summer i prefer the cooler temperatures here any day, it's just a shame about the midgies!
tanith from lewis
The stuff of dreams, nightmares, and inhaling too much smoke from a peat fire.
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