danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
"In" the Hebrides, not "on". You wouldn't say "what is there to see on Ireland?" or "on Great Britain?"
What's on the Outer Hebrides?
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friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Aye. You could say what's on the land and what's in the waters around the outer Hebrides I guess though
Sasaferrato
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I used to go to Scalpay as a lad. There was a little fishing boat called the Morea, that made the journey daily. This was long before the bridge was built. There was supposed to be a fare, but kids were ignored.
We lived on Harris for six years, idyllic times, although today's kids would probably regard it as a deprived childhood.
Sasaferrato
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On. Why? Because you are 'on' an island. In my time of living on Harris, (Postal address Harris, Isle of Harris
) I don't recall a single person referring to living 'in' Harris, always 'on'. [/Pedant mode]
Sasaferrato
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St Clements Church at Rodel is well worth a visit, the Butt of Lewis is spectacular with the diving gannets and the beaches are stunning. The stones at Callanish and the broch at Carloway are well woth a visit.
Be very careful whilst driving. The main road from Stornoway to Tarbert is double track, most of the rest are single track with passing places. Blind corners and steep drops abound, take it gently, always be ready for an emergency stop. Sheep do not automatically give way. The bolshie ones will face up to the car as if they are contemplating charging at it.
If you go as far as Amhuinnsuidhe, you come round the corner and see this.
It was once owned by Tom Sopwith, of Sopwith Aviation (Sopwith Camel), who won the estate in a card game. When we lived on Harris, my parents were friends with the Estate Factor, who lived in the castle. I spent many hours wombling about. It was very much faded grandeur then, I recall a circle of assegais (sp) on the wall of the first landing of the main staircase, and a circle of muskets on the end walls of the hall.
When there hadn't been a lot of rain, the burn that fed several lochs was too low for the salmon to go up, the bay was full of them, dorsal fins breaking the water like sharks. If I go through my late father's several thousand undocumented slides, there may be a picture. I recall dad fishing off the rocks at the burn mouth, landing tree salmon (for the pot) in twenty minutes, all foul hooked.
Be very careful whilst driving. The main road from Stornoway to Tarbert is double track, most of the rest are single track with passing places. Blind corners and steep drops abound, take it gently, always be ready for an emergency stop. Sheep do not automatically give way.
The bolshie ones will face up to the car as if they are contemplating charging at it. If you go as far as Amhuinnsuidhe, you come round the corner and see this.
It was once owned by Tom Sopwith, of Sopwith Aviation (Sopwith Camel), who won the estate in a card game.
When we lived on Harris, my parents were friends with the Estate Factor, who lived in the castle. I spent many hours wombling about. It was very much faded grandeur then, I recall a circle of assegais (sp) on the wall of the first landing of the main staircase, and a circle of muskets on the end walls of the hall.When there hadn't been a lot of rain, the burn that fed several lochs was too low for the salmon to go up, the bay was full of them, dorsal fins breaking the water like sharks. If I go through my late father's several thousand undocumented slides, there may be a picture. I recall dad fishing off the rocks at the burn mouth, landing tree salmon (for the pot) in twenty minutes, all foul hooked.
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pogofish
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And if you keep-on going past Amhuinnsuidhe, the beach, machair and sheltered bay across the neck of the peninsula at Huisinis will reward you greatly - and its a good place for a wild overnight.
And sheep are not your main worries on that road - It was a full herd of highland coos at one point!
The time before that I was at Amhuinnsuidhe, Robert Hardy was in residence - Apparently he was a regular guest.
Sasaferrato
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The first house we lived in.
The last house we lived in. My father had become the Road Surveyor for the Hebrides in the interim, the house came with the job. Six bedrooms, a maid's room, scullery and kitchen, huge larder... it was immense. There were 36 mature pine trees in the back garden. Of course, in the Winter, the kitchen and living room were the only ones heated, you awoke with ice on the inside of the window.
The bridge to Scalpay.
A general sea shot. Yes, the colour is real.
We went over year before last for a long weekend, first time I'd been back in five decades, Mrs Sas has never seen it. Funny thinngs preconceptions, Mrs Sas expected it be less advanced than Islay, and was astonished to find traffic lights in Stornoway. Pop. Stornoway is greater than that of the whole of Islay.
May go back for longer, wouldn't mind camping, but Mrs Sas may have a different view on that.
The last house we lived in. My father had become the Road Surveyor for the Hebrides in the interim, the house came with the job. Six bedrooms, a maid's room, scullery and kitchen, huge larder... it was immense. There were 36 mature pine trees in the back garden. Of course, in the Winter, the kitchen and living room were the only ones heated, you awoke with ice on the inside of the window.
The bridge to Scalpay.
A general sea shot. Yes, the colour is real.
We went over year before last for a long weekend, first time I'd been back in five decades, Mrs Sas has never seen it. Funny thinngs preconceptions, Mrs Sas expected it be less advanced than Islay, and was astonished to find traffic lights in Stornoway. Pop. Stornoway is greater than that of the whole of Islay.
May go back for longer, wouldn't mind camping, but Mrs Sas may have a different view on that.
Sasaferrato
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And if you keep-on going past Amhuinnsuidhe, the beach, machair and sheltered bay across the neck of the peninsula at Huisinis will reward you greatly - and its a good place for a wild overnight.
And sheep are not your main worries on that road - It was a full herd of highland coos at one point!
The time before that I was at Amhuinnsuidhe, Robert Hardy was in residence - Apparently he was a regular guest.
My father built that jetty. It was to serve the population of Scarp, two jetties built, one at each end. The population used the new jetties to decamp en masse, forf a while no one lived there. The next inhabitants, a couple, made it 100% heroin dependent.
There was an experiment carried out into the viability of rocket mail Gerhard Zucker - Wikipedia, the people we first stayed with when we arrived, the chap had built the platforms for the rockets.
Sasaferrato
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And if you keep-on going past Amhuinnsuidhe, the beach, machair and sheltered bay across the neck of the peninsula at Huisinis will reward you greatly - and its a good place for a wild overnight.
And sheep are not your main worries on that road - It was a full herd of highland coos at one point!
The time before that I was at Amhuinnsuidhe, Robert Hardy was in residence - Apparently he was a regular guest.
Is this one of them perchance?
pogofish
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Ahh...! I knew about the Rocket Mail but it didn't click that this was Scarp.
Looks like at least a couple of the cottages on the island are inhabited - if only as holiday homes? I spent a good couple of hours relaxing amongst the soft grass of the machair with my binoculars, studying the island, cliff face and bird life out on the water.
Sasaferrato
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Ahh...! I knew about the Rocket Mail but it didn't click that this was Scarp.
Looks like at least a couple of the cottages on the island are inhabited - if only as holiday homes? I spent a good couple of hours relaxing amongst the soft grass of the machair with my binoculars, studying the island, cliff face and bird life out on the water.
If you ask about it on Harris, you'll be told the rocketeer was Von Braun, it wasn't it was Zucker. I bid an insane amount on a Scarp rocket mail (badly singed) cover, but didn't win it.
pogofish
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May go back for longer, wouldn't mind camping, but Mrs Sas may have a different view on that.
Good camping - ie with modern and indeed excellent facilities at Stornoway and Shawbost, that would suit the most unconvinced camper and plenty of adequate/more rough and ready sites south of Tarbert - South Harris Estate have laid-out a good number of very small/basic sites on its land. Think they ask three quid a night via Paypal.
Sasaferrato
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I'm going to camp for a night on Jura in August, see the stars properly again.
Fuck me! It is fucking snowing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pogofish
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Fuck me! It is fucking snowing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I noticed that when I went out to change the cat litter.
Pity, I was also thinking on taking the tent down to check it over before the first trip of the year. Maybe I'll leave that till after the weekend...?
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Sgitheanachs say "in Skye". Orcadians say "in Orkney". Everyone says "in the Hebrides". But I accept your evidence that Hearachs say "on Harris".On. Why? Because you are 'on' an island. In my time of living on Harris, (Postal address Harris, Isle of Harris
Sasaferrato
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danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Islay is small. I can understand that. I've been to Canna many times and I've been trying to remember if they say "in Canna" or "on Canna". (Most of them actually live on/in Sanday, though).And confirmed by my wife and sister in law, Ileachs say 'On Islay'.
Sasaferrato
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I've been on Eigg, my father was the Road Surveyor for Lochaber, the Small Isles were part of his fiefdom.
Been on:
Harris
Lewis
North Uist
Benbecula
South Uist
Barra
Eriskay
Vatersay
Eigg
Muck
Rhum
Scalpay
St Kilda (Army)
Islay
Skye
Mull
Small Isles - Wikipedia
Sasaferrato
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I did manage to buy these, one from each direction. A bit over £100.00 each.
The top cover is signed by Zucker, the rocketeer.
The top cover is signed by Zucker, the rocketeer.
HoratioCuthbert
Deep seated inconsequence
Thanks again. We'll sort these wankers out between us.
HoratioCuthbert
Deep seated inconsequence
Wow
HoratioCuthbert
Deep seated inconsequence
Really? We go mental if you say "on Orkney"On. Why? Because you are 'on' an island. In my time of living on Harris, (Postal address Harris, Isle of Harris
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
I’ve heard many Hebrideans object to “on” their island.
HoratioCuthbert
Deep seated inconsequence
Just putting this here:
Island airport offers dream job working on the beach
One of the world's most distinctive airports is offering a unique business opportunity.
www.bbc.com
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
I've been to that beach/airport - didn't get a flight but saw the plane land - awesome.Just putting this here:
Island airport offers dream job working on the beach
One of the world's most distinctive airports is offering a unique business opportunity.www.bbc.com
