Gearrannan Blackhouse Village, Lewis. . .Tuesday Travels

The Gearrannan Blackhouse Village is located on the island of Lewis quite near to the Callanais Standing Stones and the Carloway Broch.This excerpt is from the information board displayed at the village.It was like stepping back in time when we went inside the houses. This was a photo of two of the last residents of…

Calanais Standing Stones. . . .Tuesday Travels

While on the island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides we made sure that we visited the Calanais Standing Stones.  You can see the approaching storm and we were lucky that we were able to duck back to the visitors centre while the storm lasted. The skies literally opened and the wind blew a gale. …

Leurbost, Lewis. . . . Tuesday travels

This is the view from our dining table in the little cottage we rented for eight days on Lewis.The cottage was a delight although when we first arrived we we rather skeptical about what it would be like inside as the area around the house looked rather neglected.We were provided with an amount of electricity…

I’ll Keep you Safe

How lovely to read a book set in the Outer Hebrides and find mention of places with which you are familiar. . . .Stornaway, The Digby Chicks, the library, the Lion Hotel and many of the place names on the island of Harris, it was like a revisit of our recent holiday there. The book…

One thing led to another

We have been thinking about overseas holiday plans for next year and part of that is time in the Hebrides and the Shetland Islands.  On a recent visit to the library I borrowed this book. It is a wonderful book for the traveller to the Hebrides as it gives such detail about what to expect…