Sunday 30th December 2001 10.54am
The storms that returned last night - dropping snow and rain – have left again, leaving a bright crisp day. The tide is stretching up to its full height, aided on by a full moon today, and filling the view with blue water, while wetting the undersides of the boats berthed along the Barrow Island slipway. Away, Black Combe sits in calm sunlight, the cold snow still at her peak, though perhaps diminished slightly by the rain. A beautiful day for the world.