tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post7187981585275010105..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Safari Day 5: UigGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-8019612362035851082015-10-23T08:34:34.513+01:002015-10-23T08:34:34.513+01:00Norma these are Highland Cattle and they are found...Norma these are Highland Cattle and they are found in small numbers in many countries where enthusiasts have Highland Cattle Societies. We have lots and lots of rain here and not enough sun. It would be nice if things were shared out a bit more evenly!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-59948326913611440592015-10-23T08:10:49.611+01:002015-10-23T08:10:49.611+01:00Jenny I must revisit my photo collection or, bette...Jenny I must revisit my photo collection or, better still, take new ones when I next go to Uig (which probably means when I next have visitors who want a day out). I think I need to renew or, indeed, do for the first time some more Outer Hebridean fact posts.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-54485475736580346302015-10-22T19:51:05.404+01:002015-10-22T19:51:05.404+01:00The cattle there are quite different from ours in ...The cattle there are quite different from ours in the U.S. The grass is such a lush green; ours is brown from lack of rain. Our poor country has a four-year drought in Californai. Then when they have rain, there's nothing left to hold it so there's also flooding in too many of our states. Apparently we're in for a hard winter.Nonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08623569563122986528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-29101426668372482662015-10-19T10:28:23.802+01:002015-10-19T10:28:23.802+01:00Lovely! You have not written about any information...Lovely! You have not written about any information stones, as far as I know. When I saw the welcoming party I was reminded of this village in Japan which has become very depopulated and one of the residents has made dolls representing all the people who used to be there, and put them in the buildings where the people used to live. I'd quite like to go there and see it for myself. I'm puzzling over exactly how it is done. Surely the homes are not left just as they were, empty? And if there are people living in them still, do they mind sharing their living quarters with giant dolls? Still, obviously such problems do not worry the cheerful welcoming party! Hopefully someone brings them in at night. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-78967585564089018192015-10-15T23:04:46.777+01:002015-10-15T23:04:46.777+01:00Okay. I asked for that YP.Okay. I asked for that YP.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-76408643446709067092015-10-15T17:32:44.834+01:002015-10-15T17:32:44.834+01:00ANYTHING else? Now that is like a red rag to a bul...ANYTHING else? Now that is like a red rag to a bull! Let's start with personal hygiene.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-42691820869634412812015-10-15T07:37:01.683+01:002015-10-15T07:37:01.683+01:00The Highland Cattle are very gentle as a rule Liz....The Highland Cattle are very gentle as a rule Liz.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-40047897682098145972015-10-15T01:43:07.701+01:002015-10-15T01:43:07.701+01:00I'm really enjoying yours and Pauline's po...I'm really enjoying yours and Pauline's posts showing two different perspectives of the same trip. I'm loving all your images too, Graham. I love your perspectives of Pauline exploring in the distance. I'd hate to mess with the cattle!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17541748309832254889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-56505072670818638772015-10-14T19:43:25.147+01:002015-10-14T19:43:25.147+01:00Sorry Pauline - I remember now that it was Graham ...Sorry Pauline - I remember now that it was Graham who had highland cattle as neighbours in NZ as well (right?). Yours aren't the hippie kind :) - As for the beaches, the resemblance for me is the lack of people on them (on the photos I've seen... perhaps primarily on Graham's blogs as well...)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-69950815466397604942015-10-14T18:47:03.610+01:002015-10-14T18:47:03.610+01:00Oh how true that is Red. The weather will be what ...Oh how true that is Red. The weather will be what it will be regardless of our hopes.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-90637474310047659952015-10-14T18:46:23.947+01:002015-10-14T18:46:23.947+01:00Frances Highland Cattle are both beautiful and, on...Frances Highland Cattle are both beautiful and, on the whole, gentle.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-15031796284246989552015-10-14T18:45:26.453+01:002015-10-14T18:45:26.453+01:00Hopefully, Virginia, I'll eventually get aroun...Hopefully, Virginia, I'll eventually get around to some more factual posts about the Islands for readers of this blog who have not been around in early days when I might have written such posts.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-31136891786253687452015-10-14T18:39:17.427+01:002015-10-14T18:39:17.427+01:00You are correct Mersad. In real life the clouds we...You are correct Mersad. In real life the clouds were not so much fun but, fortunately, we escaped any rain they may have caused.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-15808144863772497412015-10-14T18:37:09.846+01:002015-10-14T18:37:09.846+01:00Apologies accepted YP. Anything else...but my driv...Apologies accepted YP. Anything else...but my driving??!!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-19062159266160099732015-10-14T15:13:58.083+01:002015-10-14T15:13:58.083+01:00The weather does what it wants and we have to make...The weather does what it wants and we have to make the best of it. We get a different view of our home turf when we are showing others around.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-14409870858797005072015-10-14T14:33:46.511+01:002015-10-14T14:33:46.511+01:00Pauline's red jacket really makes the pictures...Pauline's red jacket really makes the pictures in which she features! And I just LOVE highland cattle. They're so beautiful.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-43324436934479464642015-10-14T12:12:04.113+01:002015-10-14T12:12:04.113+01:00Wow The Information Stones....very interesting. I...Wow The Information Stones....very interesting. I'm off to Mr.Google.<br />I'm not sure about your other readers' feelings but I'm sure glad that Pauline and CJ have visited your part of the world and have been writing some fascinating facts about the places they have visited....thank goodness....I am learning a lot from them too.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-48814595261162334662015-10-14T12:00:42.482+01:002015-10-14T12:00:42.482+01:00I stand corrected and humbly apologise for any off...I stand corrected and humbly apologise for any offence caused.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-26233399986952371862015-10-14T09:32:08.745+01:002015-10-14T09:32:08.745+01:00I absolutely love those sweeping views of the ocea...I absolutely love those sweeping views of the ocean as a backdrop. A very fascinating place. The moody clouds in the last shot are wonderful (but I guess not so fun in real life)!<br /><br />Mersad<br /><a href="http://mersad-photography.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Mersad Donko Photography</a><br />Mersadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13912588798000508495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-35660491081548691622015-10-14T08:11:56.532+01:002015-10-14T08:11:56.532+01:00Meike the ambient temperature was a balmy 12ºC or ...Meike the ambient temperature was a balmy 12ºC or thereabouts but the wind was very strong and very cold!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-40768931695084825242015-10-14T08:11:00.906+01:002015-10-14T08:11:00.906+01:00There's plenty of incongruity on the Islands A...There's plenty of incongruity on the Islands Adrian - especially when it comes to houses.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-74834995183879719472015-10-14T08:10:22.456+01:002015-10-14T08:10:22.456+01:00Pauline I think it was a splendid jacket for highl...Pauline I think it was a splendid jacket for highlighting you in the various photographs.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-24986761693648062962015-10-14T08:09:40.331+01:002015-10-14T08:09:40.331+01:00Cro we have some very large beaches here on Lewis ...Cro we have some very large beaches here on Lewis and Harris. As for trees I miss them very much indeed but that's just the nature of things. Coniferous forests are being planted in many places on the Island now though and there are trees in Stornoway planted by the Mathesons who built Lews Castle with money from the opium trade.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-66253930984131315062015-10-14T08:06:58.255+01:002015-10-14T08:06:58.255+01:00Thank you Lee. No apologies ever needed for failin...Thank you Lee. No apologies ever needed for failing to comment on this blog. As for planting trees: any would struggle to survive and oranges and lemons certainly wouldn't (in fact I don't even recall seeing them in England never mind Scotland).Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-55631959924198662992015-10-14T08:04:36.396+01:002015-10-14T08:04:36.396+01:00Thank you Pauline. As for you YP a man criticising...Thank you Pauline. As for you YP a man criticising another man's driving: naughty!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.com