tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5885721414924598154.post3556349515834959632..comments2022-04-16T18:05:27.386+01:00Comments on Arnish Lighthouse: From Brunigil to StiomrabhaghADBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17737746983905368038noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5885721414924598154.post-61722625561711729332010-05-07T01:02:59.000+01:002010-05-07T01:02:59.000+01:00If ever there was a contradiction in terms it is &...If ever there was a contradiction in terms it is "Lazybed"- "Slaverybed" would be much more appropriate. All of these beds had to be made on peat by annually hauling vast quantities of seaweed from the shore and hand digging into the peat in an attempt to make it fertile. It is quite incredible how far up the hillthe lazybeds are to be found. They stubbornly remain as silent tetimony to a hardy breed of people who did little more than survive agianst all odds in a harsh environment and subsistence economy where sheep, deer and playground for nouveau rich industrialists from England ruled the sway.gadahanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5885721414924598154.post-68263084674608633412010-05-07T22:51:17.000+01:002010-05-07T22:51:17.000+01:00Gives a new meaning to the term 'boundary chan...Gives a new meaning to the term 'boundary changes' in this election weekcalumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5885721414924598154.post-86853318369836497932010-05-04T01:31:22.000+01:002010-05-04T01:31:22.000+01:00That's a truly lovely picture ... :- ) and th...That's a truly lovely picture ... :- ) and thanks for telling me the meaning of 'Runrig' ...!Soapladynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5885721414924598154.post-54331616915291869982010-11-19T22:06:56.000+00:002010-11-19T22:06:56.000+00:00If it helps, Stiomrabhagh was resettled by landles...If it helps, Stiomrabhagh was resettled by landless families from Lemreway and (I think Calbost) from around the 1900 to 1939. I know this because my father was born there. The settlement wasn't seen as a legal crofting one so the government / council didn't pay for a road or even a path. The only way in was by boat or over the hills from Orinsay and inevitably the villagers moved away because of this - all to Lemreway and Orinsay, I belive. The Pairc Historical Society has more on this if anyone is interested.Donaldnoreply@blogger.com