The Day of the Whale Years ago a dead whale was spotted drifting offshore by some of the Islivig bodachs. It was just a… Continue reading “The Day of the Whale”…
Tornado in West Uig From the Stornoway Gazette, Local and District News. March 24, 1921 The cyclonic storm which burst over this district on… Continue reading “Tornado in West Uig”…
Plans for Carnish, Mangersta, Islivig and Brenish, 1851 From the 1851 Diary of John Munro Mackenzie, Chamberlain of the Lews. Carnish was cleared in the 1850s and the land… Continue reading “Plans for Carnish, Mangersta, Islivig and Brenish, 1851”…