Events on Gigha

Friday 15th January saw the first competition of the newly formed society “Gigha Leek Union of Growers” { G.L.U.G}. Alastair Barge, of Gigha Halibut fame and outgoing president of GLUG got the proceedings off with a very witty speech in which he suggested...

This week-end

The kids are back at school after a week long holiday, does not seen that long since they went back from the summer break. This holiday that they have just had is I’m told called a tattie holiday, aberrantly it goes’ back years when the kids were taken...

Summer has gone

The brackens are turning a golden rust, the leaves arte fallen. The first signs that autumn are once again with us, if we needed reminding which we did not, it was on Saturday the first Atlantic gale came in, force 9 to 10 so we had no ferry, visitors...

A Good Weekend

We had a brilliant time this week-end on the Island. On Friday night the hall committee organised a two course supper followed by music from a local band. The supper consisted of local fish, Scallops, Salmon, and Halerbert, along with local green salad,...

Norwich Again

I knew I should not have watched Norwich on the box last night, as I have said before every time do I have keek do they lose. Sunderlands winger must have thought it was his birthday, the amount of space he had to play in, and score his goals. Still it...

Summer Ending ?

Looking at the weather charts you have been bathing in hot sunshine for the past few days, where we have had a bad spell of wet and windy weather. We can see what the day is going to be as we look from our kitchen window towards Islay and Jura, and beyond...

All Good things on Gigha

It’s a lovely sunny day on Gigha, and the weather has been the same for the past two months, just the occasional shower at night, but we are forecast to get heavy rain tomorrow morning. Today we have our annual raft race, this is always good fun, and...

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The renovation of our Croft is coming along very well, the old kitchen and bathroom have been replaced by bigger and modern facilities, the old roof has been replaced, it was slates we had before, and they must have been there for years.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