EAGLETON NOTES

When I was looking for a house on Lewis in 1975 there were two available outside Stornoway within commuting distance.  I opted for the one n...

The rain finished exactly at the time the Met Office had predicted late this morning and the blanket grey sky gave way to a mixture of blue...

Before breakfast and the weather forecast was for rain at 4pm.  "Let's start early."  said David.  So we did.  The Gazelle wa...

Today I felt my age.  My right knee has passed its use by date (I'm not complaining because I brought it on myself: I used to be a fenc...

Yesterday was the day for doing the shuttering for the area between the house and the toolshed which I am intending to concrete after I had...

I'm writing this on a beautiful, warm, sunny morning on Lewis with sufficient breeze to keep the midges at bay.  You see.  It does happe...

It's becoming harder each week to think of something new about which to be thankful.  It's not that I don't have a HUGE amount o...

A couple of days ago I was sitting at my roll-top desk writing birthday cards and so on when I suddenly had the urge to write a ‘proper’ ...

One night recently I got up in the middle of the night (just around 3am actually!!) to visit the smallest room (actually it’s not my smalles...

There is a house at the northern end of The Braighe which is actually two houses - an older improved croft house and a newer bungalow - join...