Homeland-Scotland

Showing Tag: "bernera" (Show all posts)

The envelope please ...... - 3rd Sept 2010

Posted by Barry Shelby on Friday, September 3, 2010, In : Crofting 

Bernera Community Association came home with four ribbons from the annual Horticulture Show in Stornoway. The best result was 1st place for a trio of lovely onions (variety: Sturon) grown from sets. Strawberries (Florence) came 2nd and two 3rd place certificates were earned for the volunteer horticulturalists’ rainbow carrots and display of 18 veg. As for 1 Earshader croft, 1st place was bagged in the growing herb category (rosemary, sage, and comfrey).

showtime


Continue reading ...
 

If you're around next weekend - 24th August 2010

Posted by Barry Shelby on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, In : Crofting 

First Horticulture and Local Produce Weekend on Lewis and Harris Events to highlight wholesome, seasonal food


The first Horticulture and Local Produce Weekend will be inaugurated next Friday and Saturday, 27-28 August. Organised by the Lewis & Harris Horticultural Producers [LHHP] –– in association with NHS Western Isles/Fas Fallain and An Lanntair –– several events are planned to highlight food that is sown, grown, reared, and harvested locally.

Various exhibits at the 3rd annual...


Continue reading ...
 

Am I the Egg Man? - 22nd August 2010

Posted by Barry Shelby on Sunday, August 22, 2010, In : Crofting 

 

We eventually found out “the Walrus was Paul”, but I wasn’t sure what to say when I was asked earlier this summer if I was the Egg Man? Aside from prompting me later to pull out my Beatles collection (which if you asked Elizabeth doesn’t take a hell of a lot), I could only answer “yes,” however sheepishly.

 

 

high street at the byre.

 

But more recently I was up at the Bernera poly tunnel project and someone asked if I was the Pig Man? So, pigs or hens. I have to admit ...


Continue reading ...
 

Summer On The Isles - 13th July 2010

Posted by John McKenna on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, In : Crofting 

 

Today marks the beginning of the annual HebCelt festival, so the town is full of visitors. Well, not really, but there is a bit of buzz (mostly among the local dudes who hang out An Lanntair). 

 

Meanwhile crofting activities wait for no event. So more eggs arrived today for hatching and I spoke to a man about installing an electric fence. On Thursday we are to collect two pigs from the isle of Skye. Produce at the Bernera polytunnels is coming along nicely, apart from the infestation of...


Continue reading ...
 

Photos Only - 18th April 2010

Posted by John McKenna on Sunday, April 18, 2010, In : Crofting 

Bernera Bridge



Standing Stones of Bernera



Old Road Sign




Continue reading ...
 
 

 Colin Macleod - Local Lad + Landscapes:

Again in the music-videologue-of-Lewis-vein: this one features the rather frightfully handsome lad, Colin Macleod. Pal of Dotjr, apparently. New CD (on Geffen) due out soon.

 

 

About Me


Barry Shelby Barry Shelby, American-gone-native-Scotsperson, Journalist , Photographer, Author and....Crofter located now at Earshader on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Barry, based for years in Glasgow, is now with his wife Elizabeth on the Islands off the North-West Coast of Scotland.

Images 

 

Lewis (Scottish Gaelic: Leòdhas,  also Isle of Lewis) is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides (an archipelago) of Scotland. The total area of Lewis is 683 square miles (1,770 km2).

Lewis is, in general, the lower lying part of Lewis and Harris, with the other part, Harris, being more mountainous. The flatter, more fertile land means Lewis contains the only town, Stornoway and three-quarters of the population of the Western Isles. Beyond human habitation, the island's diverse habitats are home to an assortment of flora and fauna, such as the golden eagle, red deer and seals and are recognised in a number of conservation areas.

Lewis is of Presbyterian tradition with a rich history, having once been part of the Norse Kingdom of Mann and the Isles. Today, life is very different to elsewhere in Scotland with Sabbath observance, the Gaelic language and peat cutting retaining more importance than elsewhere. Lewis has a rich cultural heritage as can be seen from its myths and legends as well as the local literary and musical traditions.

 

(source Wikipedia)

So where is Earshader?

 

Make a Free Website with Yola.