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Tuesday 20 August 24 Aug 2013 | 11:07 pm
The day started misty, but in the end the cloud lifted and let in warm sunshine. Early in the evening, the mist rolled in again from the sea and it became quite grey and chilly. Late August in the Heb...
Monday 19 August 24 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
The men of Ness have set off for the annual guga hunt. The guga is the salted meat of a gannet chick. They are culled under an EU license to keep their tradition alive. A local wag has previously sugg...
Sunday 18 August 24 Aug 2013 | 10:55 pm
Last night was a bad night with plenty of wind and rain. The ferry had to return to Ullapool following its scheduled departure at 6.15 tonight. She finally came in at 11.30pm. Today, she had an extra ...
Saturday 17 August 24 Aug 2013 | 10:51 pm
Lashing down with rain this morning and quite windy, but not the gale we had been warned against. Ferries appear to be running normally, although trailing green smoke most of the way. I started anoth...
Friday 16 August 24 Aug 2013 | 10:49 pm
Thanks Yahoo for not telling me you were going to delete all emails from people whose email accounts are no longer valid. Thanks Yahoo for not giving me the opportunity to hold on to those emails. Eve...
Thursday 15 August 24 Aug 2013 | 10:47 pm
It's trying to brighten up here in Stornoway, with a blinding band of white along the horizon. But do I trust the weather here? Nope. One of my current projects is researching the WW1 casualties from ...
Wednesday 14 August 24 Aug 2013 | 10:43 pm
A quiet day, with sunshine (see pic) to start with, but clouding over later. Using the power of social media to help the owner of a young cat to find her missing feline down in North Uist. Dougal has ...
Tuesday 13 August 24 Aug 2013 | 10:36 pm
A sad day for any Dutch person, and that includes me of course. Prince Friso died at home, 18 months after an accident whilst skiing in Austria. Oxygen deprivation left him with minimal consciousness ...
Monday 12 August 14 Aug 2013 | 06:01 pm
This morning, news came out that a holiday maker had died after getting into difficulties while swimming off the west coast of Harris. Apparently, the 45-year old woman from London had gone into the s...
Wednesday 7 August 10 Aug 2013 | 08:13 pm
Went to the Carloway Show this afternoon, which was one of the best shows I've been to in Lewis in recent years. It was sunny and warm, making the outside events doubly enjoyable. It was very busy ind...
