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And here’s my last post.

After a 22 hour day of hours of waiting and waiting, lots of little dog walks, a rainbow, a river, a burst tyre, we made it on the freight ferry and arrived in a full moon lit Ullapool at 2am. 4 hours sleep later and it’s blowing a gale out there now. Heading to Inverness.

New blog is

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Getting off the island is a struggle.

Early burst caravan tyre then we missed the early ferry. Queuing for the full lunchtime ferry as a standby but we won’t get on.

Possibility of getting on the night freight boat but it can only take about ten passengers.

Then the high winds come in and we wouldn’t get off the island at all. 🤷‍♀️

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What happened to the bin? Any ideas? 🤷‍♀️🙄🤣

#naughty boy #rescue dog #old dog #collie mix #isle of lewis #bin raider

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The emotion, the laughter, the exhaustion....Oh my goodness is it the end or the beginning?

‪‘Ron, you’ve captured the emotion of how it really feels, the way that only someone with a diagnosis can understand, from the inside.’ Agnes Houston MBE

‪‘People think that after my diagnosis of cognitive impairment that I am less, somehow. No. I am more because of the experience.’ Ron Coleman. Amazing discussion after his play Premiere ‘Caught In This Moment of Time’ at An Lanntair

#isle of lewis #outer hebrides #western isles #an lanntair #dementia #Alexa #AI #Cognitive Impairment #Drama #Play #Theatre

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The premiere is tomorrow! 😱

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Orange.

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Making Christmas puddings while I still have a hob.

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Knitting in the hospital waiting room this afternoon

Home made soup lunch

Sausage gnocchi bake dinner

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Spotted on the way out of work today

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This was a lovely final Ceilidh on the ward with Margaret Ferguson and her gorgeous Iolaire 100 tribute paintings.

#isle of lewis #dementia #outer hebrides #western isles #hebrides #an lanntair #Iolaire #Artist #Margaret Ferguson #Hospital ward

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The final pre-dress rehearsal before the play’s premiere in one week!!

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I found a voice

Well I didn’t recognise myself at times today.

I found a voice from somewhere. I said what I meant and had loads of respect for it as a result 💪.

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Study

I found my (bulging) CV folder today.

My degree subject is Social Policy and I have worked in the field of policymaking for four and a half years. I have literally spent ten years of my life immersed in politics and policymaking.

Yet men (I was going to say ‘people’ but it is genuinely only men) who have no such experience still belittle my comprehension of the current political climate. 🙄

Is it because I’m a woman and/or a Grandmother or do I not personally assert and present myself well enough to be credible? I’m not sure. I shall work on being more forthcoming.

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Minor/major details

Preparing to move as work is very busy - it’s the minor details that are sending me insane. Ferries/picking up a new (to me) car, juggling a rental checkout and a borrowed van. 🙄

And exactly which kind of heating system - which things need collecting first with which vehicle and have I budgeted for all the trains?

Three weeks and it will all be over and resolved :-)

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12 days left on the island

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Blog closes on 13th Sept

https://backonthemainland.tumblr.com/ is the new one

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Alpaca yarn socks