Not Quite Retired Yet

It has finally happened. Rona is now under new ownership. Sale day was yesterday and at last it has happened.

We are still here and will be here until the 31st October at the latest. We now have a house on Skye and will gain entry on the 21st of August. We will work between the property here and the one on Skye, slowly moving our goods and making our new home comfortable.

The new ‘Bill” will start work in August and we look forward to passing on all the things he will need to know. So it is business as usual for the forseeable future.

The water tank emptied at our house to-day (Dammit) possibly my mistake but so much going on these issues are not unexpected. But I managed to get it filled, airlocks out and all back to normal in one hour. Now that will be top of my list of info’ to hand over plus get an alarm on the tank, should have done that years ago.

In the meantime we took a drive over the part of Rona most people see on their visits, we thought it would be a good record to make on the day it was sold. So here is the drive around this morning.

From the Pontoon:

Around the Bothy and Houses:

Over the Hill:

Around Dry Harbour:

Back over the Hill:

There you have it. The Blogs will continue and I WILL have more time so no excuses. I have many blogs (in the drafts folder) that were never finished due to visitors coming, water running out, phone calls stopping my flow, etc etc!!

So I will dig them out and have a look to see if they are still relevant. There are many projects still to do. But apart from that I will be free soon and able to spill the beans or maybe I will keep all of that for the Book.

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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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1 Response to Not Quite Retired Yet

  1. Margarita Burns's avatar Margarita Burns says:

    Many congratulations but we will miss you!

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