30 July 2024

My “how am I going to cope with seeing so little of the island?” concern is solved by being given the option of accompanying Diana to the Plateau, to cut grass and bracken from around tree seedlings planted around the same time I was in Glenscorrodale in February 2023. Apart from the sheer exhaustion of the work (an hour, there and back, and we do this  “commute” twice) it is enjoyable work in possibly the most remote part of the island, in ideal conditions. 


After we have called it a day, I walk the Red Rock route to get down to the shore. The idea was to shear some of the bracken en route, to make the path clearer but I end up confused. creating a path to a vertical drop and having to backtrack. Whoops. 


A wonderful swim in late-afternoon sunshine.

I am beginning to feel at home. It has taken three days to take in all the changes, and the flux of people (two more blasts from the past arrive today – Helen from 2018 and Sam from 2017).




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