Tour de Pentland
A wee blog today about cycling. A cycle route, in particular, for those who would like some ideas for when they holidaying are on the Isle of Lewis or for regular island cyclists who might want to share some reflections […]
The Game Is Changing
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 […]
A classic day on the Clisham ridge
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. […]
Exploring the Backyard
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 […]
Time for Plan B
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 […]
Calling All The Women
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 […]
The Summer of Wild Swimming
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 […]
Land Court shocker as evidence not required
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 […]
Hidden gem in the Harris hills
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, […]
Seeing it through to the end
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, […]