Virtual Officers Mess, Gallan Head

06/05/2023

What a Day in the Hebrides. Posted on Mon 1 Jun 2020 · by Muriel J. Hallé Tales from Grey Haven.WoW! The day started out to be a really calm and sunny one, so I was sitting outside with my coffee when I first saw a minke whale swimming past the house in the Minch below the cliffs! As the morning w...

14/10/2021

Residents of Knoydart peninsula, which is only accessible by boat or 18-mile hike, awarded grant to buy Old Forge pub

18/08/2020

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Aird_Uig

Royal Air Force Aird Uig was a Royal Air Force radar station located on the western edge of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The main masts and operations room were located north of the village of Aird Uig on Gallan Head, with a separate domestic site nearer to the village, 0.62 mi...

23/07/2020

The Islands Growth Deal will support communities in the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland.

04/07/2020

Tourists have been arriving on the Isle of Lewis again after a four month lockdown.

24/04/2020

Residents of Western Isles, which have yet to record a Covid-19 death, have plenty experience of isolation

02/03/2020

Oil drilling and construction is creating a din for sealife - new tech is hoping to turn the volume down.

29/01/2020

A new report commissioned by the Scottish Government has found that Brexit will negatively impact the most vulnerable people in the Highlands & Islands.

12/01/2020

Tonnes of fishing equipment are lost or abandoned every year, posing a risk to wildlife at sea and on shore.

12/01/2020

Scientists say they have found tiny pieces of plastic in sea creatures collected for research in the 1970s.

09/12/2019

Dazzling Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky from our perspective, is now starting to make an appearance late at night. Find it by following the line of Orion's belt stars down and left.

It was well up in the south last night around 1.30am when I headed outside for a quick look up.

Sirius means 'scorching'. The Greeks called it a second Sun and it was the most important star for the ancient Egyptians. It's first appearance in dawn summer skies would mark the imminent flooding of the Nile River delta.