Author Archives: Bill Cowie

Yesterday 21st of September, I came across yet another envelope of photos that I had not seen for a long time, so much so that I cannot remember seeing them at all, they are not mine and I suspect they … Continue reading →

The weather, unlike in this lovely photo, is horrible, in fact it has been a very poor summer at Camastianavaig.So to-day whilst the rain poured down, I resurrected my interest in my blog on ‘WordPress’ and tried (very hard) to … Continue reading →

I have just spent the day sorting out photos and my diary from 2003, not the easiest job due to my filing system, which is non existent. But I got there. Pouring rain for most of the day, it has … Continue reading →

Here we are in August already, Autumn is nearly upon us and despite daily warning of the end of the world due to the extremely hot and now drought summer in the South, we have had rain all summer.In fact … Continue reading →

I have just spent a few hours too many setting up a system to go through the diaries and photos together, only for the printer/scanner to spit the dummy. Ah well, here we go with April 2003 Onwards. On this … Continue reading →

Here is the latest offering from my diary. January to March 2003 I am pleased that I took advice from my friend George Sutherland when I started working on Rona that I should write a diary every day. I had … Continue reading →

Whilst searching for a book out in garage where the remaining removal boxes are, (still to be unpacked). I came across two small albums of early days on Rona, mostly 2002. So I have posted them on the : Early … Continue reading →

I received an email last week whilst I was caretaking at Braemore Estate, which lies half way between Garve and Ullapool. A stunning location.The email was from one of my old friends asking, What are you up to, I miss … Continue reading →

A Life On A Remote Island For the latest part of my story on my life on Rona click on the link: Winter 2002 Latest Summer 2002Winter 2002Winter 2002 latest Chapter 2: 2003 On the 4th of April 2002 I … Continue reading →

After many months of trying to start something new on the blog, I have had a few hours to-day so I decided to take a look at the Blog and I have forgotten how to use it, suffice to say … Continue reading →