For those in Peril on the Sea

The wind has been blowing a hoolie in Carlisle today but looking at the footage of the storm battering the Outer Hebrides, we have got off comparatively lightly. I couldn’t help but think of Cnoceisgan, protected to the rear by a large natural rock feature, resisting this storm, as it has resisted others over the past 300 years.  For purely selfish reasons, I’d love to witness a truly wild coastal storm, with crashing waves whipped into a frenzy by the shrieking wind, but my selfish dreams take no account of “those in peril on the sea”. May they keep safe.