http://www.skinidin.com Experiences of incomers to the Isle of Skye Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:31:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After maintaining this blog for well over 2 years I've decided to stop posting to it. At least for now, that is.... From my Google Analytics page I can see there's a regular crowd visiting and probably reading about our life here on Skye and I wish to thank you for ... http://www.skinidin.com/last-post-for-now.htm Last week Thursday they arrived: the Hitachi Excavator 7.5 tonne and a 5 tonne Dumper truck. I bought them from a company in Lancashire and Wednesday evening I got a phone call from the truck driver that he expected to be in Glendale by Thursday 9am. Initially we had doubts that ... http://www.skinidin.com/toys-for-boys.htm After some pretty wild weather high pressure has reached Scotland and we're enjoying Skye Spring. Blue skies, mild sea breeze and no midges - yet! Specially for Alan, this shot of Loch Dunvegan as it was yesterday evening. Wow! The skies were so clear, it looked like the outer isles ... http://www.skinidin.com/golden-loch.htm An update from Skinidin. We've been maneuvering through some pretty nasty weather over the past days so Skye Spring is not fully there - yet. Anyway, that did not keep us from making progress at Holmisdale. The back wall of the annex is now complete (all brick work done) so this ... http://www.skinidin.com/update-2.htm I always found cheese and Branston Pickle a particularly good combination on a sandwich. The softness of the cheese and the sharp-sweet flavor of the pickle... delicious! But this week - by accident - I discovered that it's equally delicious (if not better, although I must be careful here not ... http://www.skinidin.com/delicious.htm Our boat (appropriately named "Eilean Mor") arrived last Thursday from Glasgow and today we took her out for a test drive. Initial plan was to launch it off the pier at Milovaig but due to brisk northerly winds we changed plans and decided to go to Caroy, a couple of ... http://www.skinidin.com/the-waters-at-caroy.htm My friend Alan emailed me that our house was filmed on a BBC2 Scotland program. We missed that but fortunately there's the blessing of BBC iPlayer where you can watch programs you might have missed. Well, after a bit of research, here's the link (I think it will only last ... http://www.skinidin.com/bbc-2-scotland.htm Today was a all to do with walls. I restored a damaged part of the old internal wall while Raymond constructed the stud partitions of the extension. Last week Icky had put in the concrete floors and did the concrete bearers that will support the internal timber frame, which will ... http://www.skinidin.com/1219.htm We went to Glasgow today. There and back again, quite a tiring trip. But, despite the Eastern madness on the road it was an exciting trip as we are now the proud owners of boat. A Shetland Cadet, 15 foot (almost 5 meters), 50hp Yamaha outboard engine and a trailer ... http://www.skinidin.com/going-to-glasgow.htm We live on the shores of Loch Dunvegan. We have direct access to the water. We have joined the Colbost & Skinidin Mooring Association. We have the creel pots. And the angling rods. So.... uhmmmm... what's missing? Ah... the bloody boat!! Yep, we still haven't got a proper boat. Yesterday ... http://www.skinidin.com/whats-missing.htm