Crofting, sheep, island life and everything in-between.
2026 was my seventh lambing, and an unexpected turning point. I reached the tail end of lambing this year, only to look back with the realisation I sought very little help or advice over the preceding weeks, and tackled it with a confidence and ability I hadn’t seen in
It's been a long time since my last posting (February - a whole 4 months!) and not for lack of words, but so many that I didn't know what to do with them. I wasn't stuck, unmotivated, or disenfranchised - quite the opposite as I wrote
It began as a day of that mesmerising light you only truly know once you’ve spent a good bit of time in Lewis, and experienced it with your own eyes. It continues to have that ability to capture me, and stop me in my tracks. Our task for the
As I sit here pondering the inaugural post to this wee blog, after weeks of scribbles in the phone notes, paper notebook and my personal favourite the voice note reminders to myself whenever thoughts cropped up, I have somehow drawn a blank on where to begin. I stop and realise