A drive this morning to the north of North Uist and a visit to the Island of Berneray. This is a Croft near Berneray where we stopped to visit a War Memorial and I had a long blether with a Crofting couple.
This is Crofters Effie and Andy who were cutting Peat just near the War memorial. They were both in their early 70s and had about 50 acres of Croft with Sheep and Cattle. They cut Peat every year and its really hard work, but they were the happiest and most contented couple I have ever met and very happy with their life on North Uist. It was a real pleasure to meet them.
A lovely inlet near Berneray
Cut Peat left over from 2020
Andy and Effie's cottage
This is called Macleod's Folly
A Caterpillar near the Peat cuttings
The memorial placed by Andy and his family. Their son served in Afghanistan for 10 years.
Land to be cut for Peat later this year
Inscription at the War memorial
One of a pair of Buzzards sitting on a disused cottage chimney
The other Buzzard
A grand view from the Peat cuttings
The Causeway to Berneray
The Peat cut by Andy and Effie this spring.
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Evocative pictures.
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