Saturday 18/12/04

On Saturday I headed for Stornoway, just for a change, to do my weekend's shop. A fall of snow and sleet had left the roads in a treacherous condition. The little bus could not race at its customary 50mph, and the Harris bus also encountered some problems. I was not the only one with the idea of going shopping. At Balallan the Harris bus was full to the rafters, and the passengers getting on at Balallan and Laxay had difficulty finding seats. The majority of them were teenagers, so it was lively, shall we say. Stornoway town centre was busy, the library's computer system had packed up, so could not update journal then. After a shop at the large Co-op on Macaulay Road, I headed back to Kershader at 2.20, and this time the bus was not as packed, fortunately.