Readers, an update today on the community wind farm campaign. Firstly, the interconnector is dead. End of. Ofgem’s statement that the case for an interconnector cable (be that 450MW or 600MW) to the Western Isles “had not been met” tells […]
It was back in June that I’d had my eyes properly opened to the joys of hillwalking in Harris, when hubby and I went up Tiorga Mòr, a hill that I confess I hadn’t even heard of until shortly before. […]
How well do you know the place you live? If you’re anything like me, probably nothing like as well as you could. In the past, whenever I’ve been lucky enough to be abroad somewhere interesting, I’ve put maximum effort into […]
The news, when it came, was on Messenger. “See Heb News. LWP fail in subsidy bid…” It was Friday and the list had been published of the renewables projects which had been successful in securing subsidies to develop under the […]
Hello, friends. Firing off a quick blog post today in a bid to reach any politically inclined women on the island who are unaware of an event taking place in the Comhairle building tomorrow which they could / should go […]
If one thing defines this summer for me, it’s been open water swimming. From the Heb Tri to being in the water with the kids, it’s all been about wetsuits and waves. If you’d told me two months ago that […]
There has been a development in the battle for the rights to develop wind farms on the common grazings land around Stornoway. The news came, at the end of the last week, that the Scottish Land Court had ruled in […]
I usually prefer my hills to be above the 3,000 feet mark – and admit that, when the prospect of moving back home to Lewis was first suggested, I flat-out refused. “There are no Munros in Lewis.” It was simple, […]
Nearly three years ago, I brought you the story of a group of crofters who were taking on the might of the multinationals by applying to the Crofting Commission for the rights to develop wind farms on their common grazings, […]
Whatever your views of Munro bagging, it’s a fact that anyone who climbs all 282 will have got to know Scotland in a way that wouldn’t be possible otherwise. This was brought home to me earlier this month when, from […]