We had a couple of power cuts this evening, well the wind was rising over the afternoon and by time we brought the horse in it was pushing 65 mph. It threw me about and also sent a half ton horse shooting sideways by a couple of metres. Although as a community we are pretty set up for wind, there have still been some issues, we had a door give way. Luckily a couple of screws kept it shut. We also have a fence that has a wooden post that has snapped.
I wouldn’t fancy being on the ferry to the mainland this evening. We really thought that they would be off, but nope they are going late… the one coming North is taking 17 plus hours instead of the usual 12!
The power did come on at about 20.30 so I managed to get some painting done.
I did another skirmish unit for the Italian wars… it won’t win any prizes but it is done. Funnily enough these seemed a lot easier than the last set of three bases. I honestly think it was mental state rather than difficult miniatures. The 15mm monster hunter miniatures probably cleaned the palate for want of a better term. I want these finished and out of the way. I think the destruction of two Pike blocks put a downer on the whole project. I also brushed on an undercoat for my two ‘Spanish’ Officers as well making a start on the terror birds…
As you can see from the above photo, I have another set of three skirmishers ready to go. I made a start on the two Rohan characters a while ago and to be honest I really can’t be bothered with them. They are lovely miniatures, but I think that right now I need something that I can just slap some paint on. The Keleken will be ideal for that.
Bogenwald 
Love the terror birds. They are coming up well.
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Ho, Ho, but that’s a mighty blow! I hope you get your painting mojo back!
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Nice progress! 🙂 I like the terror birds as well! Was reasonably blowy here as well yesterday!
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That sounds very windy! I remember as a kid going on holiday near Ullapool (think that’s the name, Northern Scotland) and was amazed how windy it got there so I can not imagine how much more it must be where you are!
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It’s the windiest place in the UK I think. We can get Hurricane force winds… yesterday there were gust of 75mph onland and about 25 miles off shore one of the rigs was recording gusts of 100mph.
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That is incredible. I would like to visit that part of the world at some point, but perhaps I’ll try to do it on a calm day!
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Funny you mentioned Ullapool as the wife and I stayed there in 2018!! We drove a little Yaris and were nearly blown of the road on the way down from Thurso!!
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I could have nipped across and said hi
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HA HA ! it would have been easy to spot us as we wrapped up so much you wouldn’t have thought we were humans !!
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It’s a lovely place (if windy)
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True! I myself have visited Scotland three times and have never found an area that wasn’t breath taking!! Windy, foggy but never dull!
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Love the birds mate! I think I’ll shut up about the wind around here, you would probably call it a slight breeze!
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Cheers Pat
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Wow that is some wind.
Got blown off my feet once on the summit of Hellvelyn in the Lakes- was an ‘interesting experience’….
Cheers,
Pete.
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I live in the Windy City and we don’t often get wind quite that strong (though it does happen on occasion)! I’m glad your power didn’t stay off for long too. That is a real bummer when that happens!
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