Category Archives: Yachties
Another Scorcher
Just finished writing up the last few days on the Rona blog and now catching up on events from yesterday on another scorcher of a day. Jim, Eddie and Michael arrived mid afternoon yesterday. Great pals from Belfast. I’ve known … Continue reading
Dreich Day Continues
I was just going to the larder to cut up the stag we got on Thursday night but the Dreich Day has just got dreicher!! It is now lashing rain, joy. So I’ll get the pictures onto the blog. Last … Continue reading
Dreich Days
I just looked up Dreich in the dictionary! Adjective/Scottish: (especially of weather) dreary;bleak. Well that is what it is a very typical mid summers day, but hopefully it will pass quickly and I can get out and about. it seems … Continue reading
Invaded.
The weather got better and all of a sudden the yachts were here in droves. From Sunday it has increased every day with 9 yachts in on Tuesday night, last night after a day of rain they had departed only … Continue reading
Sunny Days
Our visitors are here for a week and to celebrate their association with Rona after 20 years I put Arne to work, kitting him out is never usually a problem but we cannot find his Danish work wear so a … Continue reading
Hamish Haswell Smith
Hamish Haswell Smith wrote a book about his trips in Yacht Jandara around the Scottish Islands, he made it a mission to log every Island he could in the two wonderful books that were subsequently produced: The Scottish Islands and … Continue reading
And I thought it was only me!!!!!!!
MV Seaflower was in to-day with 12 guests, they brought the smoked salmon and prawns from Shieldaig, we had a blether and cup of tea with Kenny and Gemma. It was good to see them we had missed them when … Continue reading
Sun Blog
I must be mad after this mornings rain and wind, blogging in the sun!!! But it was a paperwork day after the last month of visitors, workers and friends. It was like February again this morning, although spring now it … Continue reading
10 Days Later.
This was the scene after my last blog, all hands as Hugh set about expanding the quarry for road material. With his 7 tonne Hitachi digger, dumper and our JCB (bought from Hugh 5 years ago), 10 days of work … Continue reading
It has Calmed Down To a Hurricane!!!!!!
The weather continued to try us last week, good days and bad but the forecast was for storms over the weekend and Friday dawned with no surprises. we had advised our visitors, who were carrying out their survey work of … Continue reading
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