Author Archives: Bill Cowie
Last Week
Here we are on Sunday night, reflecting on a busy week. Someone said that there was not a lot to do on Rona………..Aye right!!!!! This is part 1. Here’s a mixed bag from the last week or so I guess … Continue reading
Let Us Get Back Up To Date
So here is an update of where we are. Weather grim, fire has been on, not many yachts, pissing rain, gales every other day, August has been a nightmare. We think it is winter!!! So here is an update of … Continue reading
Eddie and Jim
I have been meaning to post this link for some time now but events have taken over. A familiar theme on Rona. Here we have two very good friends whom we have known since more or less day one of … Continue reading
Family Photos
People say what will you do when you leave Rona, well here is a thing, gather up all the Rona photos and history, keep the blog going posting it all. So look out. Here are a few my Older Sister … Continue reading
Mid May to Date (almost)
The wind is blowing, the rain looks almost like sleet, the house is not warm, there is snow forecast on Ben Nevis and the high hills, if it clears I must have a look over to Torridon. It is the … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, boats, sailing, travel, yacht
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Back to the Big Rona catch up.
Into May. Back at the Ranch the deer were enjoying the sheep being off the fields, this is exactly the plan, the pressure on the trees will hopefully be less with no sheep grazing but we really miss our Blackies. … Continue reading
Ben Shieldaig
This post has not a lot to do with Rona, but still it may be of interest. Early on this year when discussing ‘Peatland Restoration’ whilst visiting Shieldaig I heard mention of a ‘Road to Nowhere’. I had been talking … Continue reading
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Tagged ecology, environment, nature, rewilding, trees
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Looking Back Over May into April
Off and On Rona This Week We had a wee trip over to see friends in Shieldaig, part of that was to visit kishorn boat yard to see the engineers there and also to have a look at a new … Continue reading
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Looking Back Over May into April.
Rona Portree/Portree Rona April 27th
Looking Back Over May into April
Still in April, a lot of catching up to do I see!! Here is Tufty, a young calf cast out by her mother last year. We think her mother had no milk for her and as they do when that … Continue reading