lovely morning flying the kites on the beach and climbing to biggest hill nearby myself - everyone doing their own thing. then in the afternoon the weather changed and was a bit dull and rainy so kay, arty, beth and I went off in the car to find the most remote bookshop in the uk, achins bookshop - now up for sale as a going concern with a tidy annual turnover, cafe and a five bedroomed house. lovely wee place, would be ace to run something like that. we all bought books, tea and cake, stopped for provisions in lochinver then headed back to bee, the kids and marshal and sybil drinking wine in ella. decided to stay until friday...beth and daisy took a while to come to terms with that. me, bee and pegs don't want to leave.