We are out West heading between Manal and Hynish. There she appeared the Matriarch of the Machair. There she stood between the rocks. Yet only metres from the shore. It is three weeks since we returned to Tiree from our holiday. In that time we have enjoyed a spell of sunny, dry weather. This is […]
Read more "Matriarch of the Machair"Sunday evening was crowned with a sunset. Monday dawned fair but by the afternoon the wind was beginning to rise By 6:00pm you knew it was going to be a wild night of wind and driving rain. It was indeed a wild 12 hours with the southerly wind gusting to over 50mph. Much of the […]
Read more "White Horses And Golden Daffodils"It’s all over for another year. I can get back to just simply grazing. Life can take on a sense of normality once more. Life is thankfully proving a little quieter. None of that heavy base beat every evening. It’ll be me and the other girls enjoying the delights of the machair. TMF 2017 is […]
Read more "Just Ruminating"Today might well be described as Black Friday. We’ve not mistaken the date for the annual sales bonanza. We know this American shopping phenomenon is Friday 25th November. Fuelled by the internet it has come across the ‘pond’ to UK stores. But it is not this that is in mind. Friday the 18th of November […]
Read more "Black Friday"Highland Cattle are not just there to provide a photo-stop for tourists. Yet while they are a lasting memory from childhood holidays spent touring the Scottish Highlands and Islands, they are also vital to the local economy. The Highland Cattle Society state, “The Highland breed of cattle has a long and distinguished ancestry, not only […]
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