You're braver than me, a quick walk to Bews for Christmas cards was all I could manage.
I'm glad I wasn't on the ferry today, I think you'd need a good waterproof sou'wester to keep that wave off you.
I went home and consoled myself with looking at photos I took earlier in the year, then there were just a few ice flows coming down the Thurso River and even the Cormorant found it hard to dry it's wings in the snow!
Cormorant drying its wings.
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o...gitswings2.jpg
nirofo.