Silent Season has begun on the island of Ayrie. The tourists are heading home — “the island has had enough and it’s spitting them back to the mainland with a roar and a howl” — returning this wild and elemental speck on the edge of the Atlantic back to the islanders who live there all year round. That’s just the way Tilda likes it.
“When the island is at its most fierce and beautiful and quiet [...
] when everyone who lives on the mainland thinks we’re all crackers and wonders how we cope with power cuts and running out of crisps and layers of snow and winds that cut right down to the bone.” But Ayrie’s tiny population of 91 — “and that’s if you.