John and Kay Ure live in a former lighthouse keeper's cottage at the edge of a cliff on the coast of northern Scotland. On December 19th, Kay Ure left to go buy a Christmas turkey in Inverness. Before she could return, a snowstorm blocked the road and she had to stay in the village of Durness, eleven miles from home.
John Ure was down to emergency rations before he could drive to town. He said reuniting with his wife was like a "second honeymoon". Link -via Arbroath
(image credit: Peter Jolly)
Mr Ure spent Christmas and New Year on his own and celebrated his 58th birthday last Sunday with a tin of baked beans.
Yesterday, for the first time since mid-December, he managed to drive 11 miles to a small jetty and cross the Kyle of Durness by boat to collect his wife and the turkey.
The couple run the country's “most isolated tearoom” at the end of an ungritted army road and were forced to spend their first festive season apart in 35 years.
John Ure was down to emergency rations before he could drive to town. He said reuniting with his wife was like a "second honeymoon". Link -via Arbroath
(image credit: Peter Jolly)
Any word on the turkey?
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That's it, in the picture.
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The classified ad clearly said "light housekeeping", not "lighthouse keeping!"
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Aw, what a lovely story!
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