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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.

Last Day of October Tomorrow.

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Bill Cowie

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 … Continue reading →

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The Worst Day of The Summer

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Bill Cowie

To-day it is lashing rain and blowing a gale. The first real stormy day on Rona this summer. I’m housebound (mostly) I twisted my knee in the larder skinning a stag. I could understand it if I had done it … Continue reading →

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Grey Day On Rona, Pretty Special Though

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Bill Cowie

To-day was one of those grey days where everything you wanted to do was not going to happen (outside). The day started grey and overcast, the midgies were on fire, then it started raining. Nothing for it after the first … Continue reading →

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The Height of Summer

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Bill Cowie

A quick post to-day, the weather is too good for sitting in. Here is a wee selection of the deer outside our house coming back from grazing in the parks overnight. Starting to see quite a few calves now, mostly … Continue reading →

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Early Morning July Walk.

Posted on July 5, 2023 by Bill Cowie

Certainly Rona is not a ‘Nature Depleted Island’. The Conservationists keep banging on about the lack of nature in our beautiful country, Scotland, I wonder do they ever get out and about. For sure there are many people about and … Continue reading →

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Janet MacKenzie

Posted on June 22, 2023 by Bill Cowie

Here is a quick post after putting on a Search button on the home pages. I thought I had a search function but looking at the long list of posts for the one about ‘Castaway Claire’ I thought, I need … Continue reading →

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Update – End of May

Posted on June 20, 2023 by Bill Cowie

Quieter tonight, no yachts in tonight: Tuesday 20th June , see my new page on the Boat Visitors to Rona 2023 . The weather continues, wall to wall sunshine, there is so much moisture in the greound the growth is … Continue reading →

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Sunny May, Early Midgies.

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Bill Cowie

Two blogs in one day!!!! On our annual antler collection we were on top of the Island Garbh Eilean and disturbed a hind and young stag (her son obviously). They were not too jumpy but eventually they took off and … Continue reading →

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Now Jim……….

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Bill Cowie

Thank you Jim in Ireland for reminding me that my last blog post was in the middle of April. My only excuse is that as ever we are busy. The weather has been overall great. Sitting doing computer work is … Continue reading →

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Springtime Coming on Rona

Posted on April 16, 2023 by Bill Cowie

Another year well underway another Spring. Here we are as usual trying to catch up on the Rona Blog. As usual it is not as regular as I would like, so much being left behind. Our third yacht of the … Continue reading →

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