by alastair | Aug 19, 2015 | News, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The Outer Hebrides of Scotland are a fantastic place to visit. What is going against them is getting there – living in Sheffield for us its a seven/eight hour drive with a seven hour ferry crossing. In the same time (as my wife likes to point out) we could...
by alastair | Aug 16, 2015 | News, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Away from the famous/popular Callanish Stone Circle on Lewis in the Outer Hebrides there are a number of other stone circles in the immediate area (less than about one kilometer from the busy main site). If you seek a bit of a solitude and you find the main stone...
by alastair | Feb 20, 2015 | News, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Field Notes An abandoned croft with its derelict home on the east coast of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides. Probably a different type of migration from the land shown in “XXIV : Abandoned Croft, Staffin, Isle of Skye”. Both economically motivated...
by alastair | Feb 18, 2015 | News, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Field Notes Cutting the peat for fuel is still a way of life for some of those living in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. After the peat is cut from the ground it is stacked in almost small pyramid like structures consisting of five pieces of peat...
by alastair | Aug 20, 2014 | News, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Huisinis Beach is on Harris in the Outer Hebrides. It is about 14 miles down a single track road, with only 4 houses at the end of it – that said those four houses get served by a bus three times a day and the post box must get checked more often than my...
