Summer on the Island

The renovation of our Croft is coming along very well, the old kitchen and bathroom have been replaced by bigger and modern facilities, the old roof has been replaced, it was slates we had before, and they must have been there for years. As it’s a building

I'm Still About

You would think flitting half a mile would not prove a problem, not in our case. When I knew the date we were moving I informed BT so they would move our telephone and broadband, on the day we moved the phone was reconnected but not the broadband, apparently

The Flitting

Been very busy for the past three weeks decorating Keill cottage, that’s the place we are moving in to while our Croft, is renovated, when I say decorating I have left that to Aud and her sister Chris. I just set them up every morning make sure they know

More wind than at NC football club

It’s a bright and breezy day so far hear on Gigha. At the moment the wind is blowing force 4to5 but we are braising our self’s for the hurricane winds that have been forecast for tonight. Aud and I have been down to the shore to put extra ropes and anchors

Sunrise

One I painted this morning.

The Logs

Is there enough logs to last

Greetings from Gigha

We send you greetings for Christmas and the new year from the Isle of Gigha.[Nollaig cridheil agus Bliadhna] Merry Christmas and Happy new Year. The logs are in for a good fire, the [uisge beathe] Whisky is ready to be opened. What could be better?

A Big Frost

  Saturday we had a really heavy frost as we have had for the past three or four days, by lunch time the sun was shining and very warm, so Aud and I drove to the gates of the lodge and then walked the two miles to the South Pier. I know I go on

A ceilidh. Not Strictly Come Dancing

On Saturday we had a great ceilidh in the village hall, the occasion was to celebrate the retirement of Duncan and Sandra McDougal who had been the proprietors of the Tayinloan post office for the past thirty odd years. Duncan and Sandra have been the

Share This With Me

The Island is very quiet right now, just the odd visitor at the week end that comes over for the day. Harnser is out of the water ready for its annual clean and paint job. This is always the best time to get the boats up, as the Lobsters and Crabs are

All to soon

Firts gales of the winter today,force 8 to 9 SW. With the wind that strong the ferry was unable to sail, so no mail or news papers, also the milk tanker was did not get over to collect the milk from the farms. The forecast is for the wind to shift to

The Big Yin

He is a big boy, the lobster that is.

The Tree

Will this work?

Music Festival

Our daughter and son in-law arrived Saturday morning on the first ferry from Tayinloan. They left Norwich at 6pm Friday to drive over night; this seems the best time to travel as there is not so much traffic that time of night. What gets me is as soon

Flight of the garden birds

Reported in the Scottish Daily Express today, that folk are worrying about the vanishing birds from their gardens, the RSPB put out a statement reassuring nature-lovers that all is well. The birds have merely taken flight to plunder nature's larder of