The Cailleach and the Wolf

Awaiting the arrival of Storm Éowyn

The Cailleach riding out with the wolf - in the clouds obscuring the top of Ben Lomond

Today has been a relatively calm day, concerts went on across Glasgow for Celtic Connections. At twilight I saw three planets in alignment in the sky, the fourth clearly wasn’t a planet as it dropped down into the approach path to Glasgow airport. It was a calm night before a siren rang in my headphones - a national weather warning of tomorrows storm Éowyn which is over the Atlantic and preparing to arrive in Ireland tomorrow morning. After roaring over Ireland, it will cross the Irish Sea and then rage over central Scotland, hitting both Glasgow and Edinburgh, with some exposed coasts possibly seeing 100 mile an hour winds.

In folk etymology January is known as Am Faoilleach, the Wolf Month, which speak to food running low and resources becoming scare for both people and the wolf.

The winds of the wolf month described as sharp, ravenous and tearing describing a desperate and hungry predator.