Minecraft are re-building St Kilda
Rebuild St Kilda with Minecraft The hugely popular Minecraft Game came to town developing a new software rebuilding St Kilda
Dementia, first language and reminiscence
A Cows and Boats
Care Home Residents Island Culture – Wool Extravaganza
Working on the Arora Dementia Friendly Project today with the talented Mary Smith, her spinning wheel and her extensive wool craft kit, in a Stornoway care home.
Crofting Life Isle of Lewis Achmore-moorland placenames
If you were brought up on a croft, in the Hebrides in the 1960s and 70s, the moorland was very much part of your extended landscape.
Visit to the Isle of Arran Museum
Visit to the Isle of Arran I visited the lovely Isle of Arran recently for the first time at short notice.
Psalms in Boats Isle of Lewis Tradfest 2017
The Psalmboat project is a multi-arts volunteer community project centred on Loch Erisort, Lochs, Isle of Lewis. The Psalmboat community is sharing stories of travel by sea to church services in the past, and in the present we are singing psalms…
Crofting life in Isle of Lewis Uig – The Sheep Gathering
Crofting Life and gathering sheep in Uig, Isle of Lewis Preparation for a Lewis Fank Day, now means ensuring that quads and mobile phones are ‘topped’ up. In most areas, gone are the long days of trekking the moor on…
Crofting Life in Isle of Lewis Uig -The Bulls
Crofting life in Uig Isle of Lewis involved looking after cattle and towing a bull to an offshore island once a year. Every crofting family living in the Outer Hebrides, were dependent on their own cow to provide milk, butter…
Fishing in Kirkibost, Great Bernera, The Hebrides
Fishing in Kirkibost, Great Bernera Generations of fishermen landed their catch at the pier in Kirkibost in Great Bernera.The rich fishing grounds are now depleted and the pier used only by two or three small local boats, fishing for crab…
Life in Bosta, Great Bernera, The Hebrides
Bòstadh The winding single track road to Bòstadh takes you as far west as you can get in Great Bernera. The white shell sand beach draws families with young children, partying teenagers and those reflecting on life and relationships, while…
