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phg<p>Crossing from Isle of Harris to the Isle of Lewis entirely on land ... granted naming things is hard but this is some dedicated geographic trolling.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hebrides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hebrides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geografunkery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geografunkery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a></p>
SV EscapeThe beautiful bay Cearstaigh at Scarp in the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Hebrides?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hebrides</a>, a break from <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sailing?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sailing</a>, amazing 20+ degrees. Behind me the Atlantic waves break on the rocks.
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Peewits quiffed like Elvis reel from rocks,<br>their sheen of feathers like blue suede<br>the breeze buffs in the midday air…</p><p>—Donald S. Murray, “An Incomplete History of Rock Music in the Hebrides”<br>published in The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-Century Scottish Poetry (EUP, 2005)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Hebrides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RockMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RockMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>July. Summer on the island<br>muffles in scarves.<br>Merino-socked, Berghaus-booted,<br>swap cocoon of car<br>for hilly slither. Pilgrim-trail<br>with sodden strangers,<br>step in time to the cadence of rain…</p><p>—Nikki Robson, “The Callanish Stones”<br>published in Other Worlds: An Anthology of Scottish Island Poems (Birlinn, 2022)</p><p><a href="https://birlinn.co.uk/2022/06/20/poem-of-the-week-the-callanish-stones-by-nikki-robson/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">birlinn.co.uk/2022/06/20/poem-</span><span class="invisible">of-the-week-the-callanish-stones-by-nikki-robson/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Hebrides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lewis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Callanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Callanish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandingStones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingStones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tourism</span></a></p>
John Dal<p>A splash of summer colour, Sea Pink (America maritima) growing in a rocky crevice on a slabby hill slope near the sea. It’s surrounded by some wonderful Lichens – A bright yellow Caloplaca, a little grey clump of Ramalina siliquosa on the far left and sheets of a light grey crustose lichen covering other areas. In stormy weather this will be lashed with salt spray, but on a calm sunny day it’s paradise.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/PlantADay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlantADay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Botany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Plant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Wildflower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wildflower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/BloomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloomScrolling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Hebrides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Mingulay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mingulay</span></a></p>
JeanJeanPics<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/silentsunday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#silentsunday</a> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/calanais?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#calanais</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/standingstone?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#standingstone</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/isleoflewis?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#isleoflewis</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/hebrides?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hebrides</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/scotland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scotland</a>
AndyPort na h-Abhainne, Ìle - Portnahaven, Islay. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/islay?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#islay</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/hebrides?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hebrides</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/scotland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scotland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ìle?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ìle</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/innsegall?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#innsegall</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/alba?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alba</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sunset?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sunset</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/luínagréine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#luínagréine</a>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>An iarmailt cho soilleir tana<br>mar gum biodh am brat-sgàile air a reubadh<br>’s an Cruthaidhear ’na shuidhe am fianuis a shluaigh<br>aig a’ bhuntàt ’s a sgadan…</p><p>—Ruaraidh MacThòmais, “Leodhas as t-Samhradh”</p><p>Published in Scottish Religious Poetry from the sixth century to the present (Saint Andrew Press, 2024)</p><p><a href="https://standrewpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9781800830479/scottish-religious-poetry" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">standrewpress.hymnsam.co.uk/bo</span><span class="invisible">oks/9781800830479/scottish-religious-poetry</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literautre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literautre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaelic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gaidhlig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaidhlig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Hebrides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lewis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>summer</span></a></p>
John Dal<p>Not a pretty one! This dwarf wind-battered little tree is an Aspen (Popula tremula). Its claim to fame is that it's the only tree on the island of Mingulay in the Outer Hebrides. I say "only tree", it's probably the only one - I don't think every inch of the huge seacliffs on that island will have been checked! <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Mingulay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mingulay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Hebrides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Scoland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scoland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/PlantADay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlantADay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Botany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Plant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Wildflower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wildflower</span></a></p>
Marcus Hazel-McGown - daLich<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/isleoflewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>isleoflewis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hebrides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hebrides</span></a> from <a href="https://mm0zif.radio" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mm0zif.radio</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> live feed and forecast models <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stornoway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stornoway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marybank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marybank</span></a></p>
John Dal<p>A carpet of Sea Pink (Armeria maritima) on the awesone island of Mingulay in the outer Hebrides. The yellow stuff covering the rocks is a lichen, likely Xanthoria sp.<br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/PlantADay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlantADay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Botany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Plant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Wildflower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wildflower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/BloomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloomScrolling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Hebrides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrides</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Mingulay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mingulay</span></a></p>
Bob<p>Gneiss and mossy. <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Mosstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mosstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hebrides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrides</span></a></p>
Brochan No Bàs<p>Na gèill. Do not yield.</p><p>Cleachd i no caill i.</p><p>Use it or lose it.</p><p><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/83418688?asc=u" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">redbubble.com/shop/ap/83418688</span><span class="invisible">?asc=u</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net/tags/Gaelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaelic</span></a> <a href="https://ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net/tags/G%C3%A0idhig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gàidhig</span></a> <a href="https://ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> <a href="https://ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net/tags/MastoDaoine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoDaoine</span></a> <a href="https://ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net/tags/Edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Edinburgh</span></a> <a href="https://ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net/tags/Glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net/tags/Hebrides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrides</span></a> <a href="https://ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net/tags/IsleOfLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsleOfLewis</span></a> <a href="https://ailbhean.co-shaoghal.net/tags/IsleOfSkye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsleOfSkye</span></a></p>
Anja<p>Der Himmel, Wasser, Strand, Glück.<br>The sky, water, beach, happiness.</p><p><a href="https://norden.social/tags/MeerMittwoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MeerMittwoch</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Atlantik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atlantik</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Schottland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schottland</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Hebrides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrides</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/Fotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fotografie</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>

After years of dithering, I am in the middle of cycling the #Hebrides Way from #Barra to #Lewis, the purple line on the map. As much as the islands are fascinating I am v disappointed by the level of fast road traffic. This is especially true now that I have reached #Harris. On the mainland I would strenuously avoid such roads. Some sections have been truly lovely, especially Barra, #Eriskay & the s parts of S Uist, but as a package I would hesitate to recommend the route. #cycling #biketoot

When I was preparing to move home, I steeled myself to have a book cull.

Twenty plus years ago, I was given two hefty volumes of music & lyrics - "Songs of the Western Isles" - unearthed during an historic furniture factory restoration. They were pretty old: no date of publication.

I donated them to my local library, in the hope they could be sold to raise funds for the public library service.

Yesterday I learned they were acquired by a folk song archive in the Hebrides. The librarian's husband delivered them - hundreds of miles! - and a ceilidh celebrated their arrival.

My friend said, "They've come home" and I was overcome with emotion.

I've always lived with #recycle but never imagined such a profound outcome.

Obh, obh... cus uisge-beatha dhan t-sluagh? Taighean-staile à thall-thairis a-nis a' fàs nas motha. Agus Brexit, Ukraine, Trump uile a' dèanamh cuisean nas miosa.

Sorry to see the Isle of Harris Distillery in difficulties. Is the whisky bubble about to burst? Too many distillers and bottlers? Challenging conditions internationally too.

#whisky #Hebrides #BBCAlba #Alba #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #scotch #Trump #Brexit #IsleOfHarris

bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/sgeulac

Naidheachdan a' BhBCRiaghaltas a' gealltainn taic a thaobh Taigh-staile na HearadhThuirt Riaghaltas na h-Alba gun dèan iad a h-uile dad as urrainn dhaibh gus na Hearadh is Taigh-staile na Hearadh a chuideachadh, às dèidh dhan chompanaidh innse gun tèid obraichean a ghearradh.