It's windy, it's rainy, it's cold - it's Orkney. The nice weather was simply never going to last. That didn't stop me going out for a walk though - in a way, the scenery is much more suited to blustery times than any other up here, not that horrible weather is much good for anyone!

Anyway, that aside, there is another issue which I should mention. I suppose that every day we get up and out of bed, we face death in whatever minor way - who knows when a piano could fall on your head! However, tomorrow is a slightly different case, as in the morning they shall be switching on the Large Hadron Collider, or by its scientific name - the super-duper black hole death machine.

This thing is basically a 25 mile circular tunnel, located in Switzerland, but crossing in and out of France at points, in which protons are fired around, and collided into each other. They are looking for 'Higgs Bo'sun' particles apparently, which, if found, could explain the start of the universe.

What's great about this machine is that no one has a bloody clue what's going to happen when they switch it on tomorrow morning. That's why I'm writing about this now - because it could cause a black hole. Rare are the chances that we stare a potential death in the face.

The chances are highly unlikely of course, almost impossible, but still present. What's interesting is that it's not death we should be hoping for, but an answer to the universe. An answer to how everything started, how everything works - they could even prove if there's a parallel universe out there!

So, if we all die, at least we will have gone out trying to find answers - the way some of the greatest humans have gone. If not, we can carry on mourning Andy Murray's loss in the US open final to Roger Federer, having beaten Nadal in the semis. See how I snuck that in there?

Good night, and good luck.