· @pandora
134 followers · 456 posts · Server social.tchncs.deSounds like a dream job.
After13 years Jonathan Grant retires as the caretaker of Mingulay, Pabbay and Berneray, three uninhabited islands south of Barra managed by the National Trust for Scotland.
He camps out for weeks at a time while carrying out monitoring of the island habitats.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-65335459
#scotland #OuterHebrides #WesternIsles #Mingulay #Pabbay #Berneray
#berneray #pabbay #Mingulay #WesternIsles #outerhebrides #scotland
PMIC · @PMIC
37 followers · 126 posts · Server glasgow.socialchart table at night…
thoughts from a sailor’s pipe
drift over shadow smudges
of bright protractor moon
on unfurled chart of sky
https://berneraybardachd.wordpress.com/2017/02/03/chart-table-at-night/
#poem #poetry #hebrides #outerhebrides #berneray #uist #harris #moon #chart
#chart #moon #harris #uist #berneray #outerhebrides #hebrides #poetry #poem
PMIC · @PMIC
37 followers · 119 posts · Server glasgow.socialeven
the sea recoils
at the chilling touch
of the wind from the north
sending rippling fans
as the departing
waves shiver
tonight
https://berneraybardachd.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/fri-26-apr-pm/
#poem #poetry #uist #northuist #berneray #westernisles #hebrides #outerhebrides #shiver #northwind
#northwind #shiver #outerhebrides #hebrides #WesternIsles #berneray #northuist #uist #poetry #poem
Nicki Lygo · @DrLygo
595 followers · 421 posts · Server mstdn.social
Same beach, different viewpoint. Scotland knows how to mix colours.
#Scotland #OuterHebrides #HighlandsAndIslands #Berneray #Beach #Photography
#Photography #beach #berneray #highlandsandislands #outerhebrides #scotland
PMIC · @PMIC
22 followers · 53 posts · Server glasgow.socialat the road end…
gossiping heathers purple prose
drowns-out the elevating lark
the snipe thrums me earthword
https://berneraybardachd.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/at-the-road-end/
#poetry #uist #snipe #lark #heather #berneray #hebrides #westernisles
#WesternIsles #hebrides #berneray #heather #lark #snipe #uist #poetry
PMIC · @PMIC
22 followers · 53 posts · Server glasgow.social
Another new blogpost, this one relating to island depopulation.
"The last reason the most potent cause of all of the changes which we overtaking the western island peoples. The introduction of modern education has brought about a metamorphosis in the outlook the younger generation."
http://direcleit.blogspot.com/2022/11/migration-of-western-islanders.html
#hebrides #berneray #boreray #northuist #uist #weternisles #history #socialhistory #direcleit #islands #scotland #development #harristweed #fishing #machair #soundofharris
#soundofharris #machair #fishing #harristweed #development #scotland #islands #direcleit #socialhistory #history #weternisles #uist #northuist #boreray #berneray #hebrides