Last Day of October Tomorrow.

And where did the time go.

Special request from one of my Irish friends, asking are we still alive? So a wee gallery or two to give you an idea of what has been happening.

In no real order, This will take me up till mid September. Venison production in the new larder going well, A visitor from Kuwait off M V Seaflower fell heavily and broke his leg (twice), new freezer arrives, plans afoot for a solar array at Dry Harbour. The weather improved and there were many boat trips to Skye and elsewhere. My sister got married on the hottest days of September. Bryn and Gill were helping for two moinths, just before Stacey, Grant and their family arrived to stay. The Bay getting quiet after a busy season with over 450 yacht night visits.

They are not in any order here but starting with the deer, plenty about, lots of calves, lovely with their mothers in summer, quite calm around the house here. We had Lee and Mel’s wedding, what a daty, more later.Jim Crumly’s book, terrible, not a great read at all. Of course still having a go at ‘keepers!!!The weather has been kind, Swiss friends arrived after 13 years and it was so good to see them, Swiss guys Calle and Lars arrived for a hunting trip, Lars with the famous coat was in great form, in his late 70’s. Still quite a few trips to Portree. Danish girls out hunting and the butchering piling up. That takes us up to Mid October and a present from Dutch visitors, that is enough for tonight. More tomorrow.

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About Bill Cowie

I've been living on the island since April 2002, alone for the first 5 years, my partner L joined me in 2007. We manage the Island for a Danish family who bought the Island in the early 90's. Their hopes for the Island are to make it self sufficient supporting its inhabitants and that is where we come in. We look after the stock, 3 holiday cottages, machinery, boat and of course the visitors. It is pretty challenging but it is a beautiful place to live and work, we love it and strangely enough we love it even more in the depths of winter when all is quiet apart from the gales and rain. We do a bit of fishing, stock work, stalking deer and loads of other stuff. We have good support from lots of people whom we have met over the years and have become involved in the Island. Too many to mention here but keep an eye on the blog, they'll be there for sure in the future.
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