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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 ...


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Drainage - 22nd March 2010 - part deux

Posted by John McKenna on Monday, March 22, 2010, In : Crofting 
You know, I can’t even think of that word now without doing my There Will be Blood / Daniel Plainview impersonation, at least in my mind. Daniel Day Lewis bellowing like John Huston with constipation: ‘Drainnn-edddggge, Eli, it’s called draaainnn-edgggge.’

Anywho, I am not sucking any one’s oil dry using a metaphorical straw. No, I’m freeing the locked water on the croft. This is as satisfying as Plainview’s drainage.




drains follow the old 'lazy beds'

These photos are poor but I ne...
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 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.

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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?