comment by The Mighty Quinn (U4099)
posted 9 minutes ago
He's here
Tully aye I've been but it doesn't count.
Early 80's had a 2 hr wait for the Iona ferry. Missus was heavily pregnant
with our firstborn, but she still insisted on accompanying me.
You can guess the rest.
It's on my list now.
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The original quarry is still there and the stonemasons/quarriers' cottages have all been done up again. The island is owned by a Dutch family who take residence during the summer - during the winter the Findhorn Foundation people use it. In 'Kidnapped' David Bafour is shipwrecked on an island - and it's only after a few days that he realises it is an tidal island and he can walk off. That fictional island is based on Erraid and that is why Errad's Traigh Ghael is called Balfour Bay.
Eveyday's a school day
Magnum defo port.
Abandoned the drams this fine evening. Have a wee snifter of vintage
crusted port about ma person furra change.
Ah!
I remember laughing out loud when I read that bit at school.
The fellas in the boat were shouting to him in Gaelic and laughing.
He was raging thinking they were mocking him.
They were telling him just to wait till the tide went out.
He was there for days fore he realised he was on a tidal island.
comment by The Mighty Quinn (U4099)
posted 3 minutes ago
Magnum defo port.
Abandoned the drams this fine evening. Have a wee snifter of vintage
crusted port about ma person furra change.
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Gonna take a wee trip to the Isles this spring I think. Fed up making excuses not to do it.
Might seek you out for some advice mate.
The Stevensons used the mortise & tenon construct.
The solid rock was cut into interlocking giant jigsaw pieces.
Assembled onshore to check accuracy then sent out piece by piece.
They haven't moved an inch in over 2 centuries of Atlantic batterings.
Magnum
Go West young man!
Further oot ye go the more Tims there are.
Time you get to Barra the 70 yr old woman serving you in the Spar
is wearing the Hoops.
comment by The Mighty Quinn (U4099)
posted 57 seconds ago
Magnum
Go West young man!
Further oot ye go the more Tims there are.
Time you get to Barra the 70 yr old woman serving you in the Spar
is wearing the Hoops.
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No daein it noo, put me right aff.
Ath
You'd make a fvkin brilliant Tim mate.
Eriskay FC play in green and white hoops and have the most picturesque pitch in the world. Recognised by FiFA
comment by Tully 1 (U20686)
posted 47 minutes ago
comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 20 minutes ago
Well hello sailor, Tully!
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A very modest Fisher Freeward 25 built in the late 70's. Good sea boat but with a long keel it can roll a bit with a cross tide. You a sailor Silver?
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Nah, not really. Did a bit when younger. Had a few hairy moments and realise don’t fck with the sea. Old man was merchant navy so I spent a ridiculous amount of time going on boats, big ones. Every holiday pretty much. Only went abroad once and that was a ‘cruise’ to Rotterdam.
A bit like golf, everyone raves about sailing once they do it and get the bug. Never had time for it.
comment by The Mighty Quinn (U4099)
posted 20 minutes ago
The Stevensons used the mortise & tenon construct.
The solid rock was cut into interlocking giant jigsaw pieces.
Assembled onshore to check accuracy then sent out piece by piece.
They haven't moved an inch in over 2 centuries of Atlantic batterings.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Quite correct and the likes of the Dubh Artach lighthouse was one of them. Stone cut and pre-assembled on Erraid and then as you say shipped out into the Atlantic and re-assembled. Amazing feat and some incredible stories as well as the guys had to live on the rock as they were re-assembling them.
comment by Tully 1 (U20686)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by The Mighty Quinn (U4099)
posted 20 minutes ago
The Stevensons used the mortise & tenon construct.
The solid rock was cut into interlocking giant jigsaw pieces.
Assembled onshore to check accuracy then sent out piece by piece.
They haven't moved an inch in over 2 centuries of Atlantic batterings.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Quite correct and the likes of the Dubh Artach lighthouse was one of them. Stone cut and pre-assembled on Erraid and then as you say shipped out into the Atlantic and re-assembled. Amazing feat and some incredible stories as well as the guys had to live on the rock as they were re-assembling them.
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On a related note..,you've all probably seen the Mausoleum at Hamilton. Worth a visit...more so for those of a Masonic bent.
Massive block cut to size and assembled. Fit together perfectly...almost no bonding material of any kind used. Fascinating.
Some place the old Hamilton.
Good yesterday anaw
Good anchorage off Erraid called Tinker's Hole (steady Pointy) and at the entrance to the anchorage there is among the pink granite a black basalt intrusion clearly running down the rock and then disappears under the water. It becomes clearly visible again on the wee island opposite as this rock rises sheer out of the water.
<Eriskay FC play in green and white hoops and have the most picturesque pitch in the world. Recognised by FiFA>
Small world mate.
My wee cousin has a croft at the end of the causeway to South Uist. The
local pub is The Politician which sponsors the team. It's there that me
and my old comrades play trad sessions when we're up.
You've prob seen this - I know most of the folk in this clip. Was in a
session with Sean the coach & and Cherry the blusenosed ex-coach in
October there.
The lassie on the right behind the bar had a wean 3 months ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQuKCpkbCRE
Tully they were also commissioned to build lighthouses world wide,
especially Japan & Patagonia. Scottish engineering.
FFS it's the wummin on the left had a wean.
Hope nae kant from Eriskay's looking on starting a war.
Magnum just saw that re the mausoleum.
The reason these things are still standing is the absence of mortar.
Gravity and physics keep them up.
These fellas were 2 centuries ahead of their time.
comment by The Mighty Quinn (U4099)
posted 5 minutes ago
Magnum just saw that re the mausoleum.
The reason these things are still standing is the absence of mortar.
Gravity and physics keep them up.
These fellas were 2 centuries ahead of their time.
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Aye...almost nothing in it
Built mid 1800's iirc.
Had a major problem with subsidence at one point.. now self-corrected almost back to the vertical. Remarkable really.
Don't know if you've ever been in it? The echo was the longest of any building in the world until recently...15 seconds.
A talented singer can do 3/4 harmonies on their own if they know what they're doing.
The big stone lions that guard the building have smashing big baws on them.
<The big stone lions that guard the building have smashing big baws on them.>
But nae boabies?
Never been in it mate.
It is a striking building indeed.
Last thing you're expecting in the locale.
comment by The Mighty Quinn (U4099)
posted 1 minute ago
<The big stone lions that guard the building have smashing big baws on them.>
But nae boabies?
Never been in it mate.
It is a striking building indeed.
Last thing you're expecting in the locale.
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I don't think the 74 and the little chef were there when it was built mate
Only did archaeology for 2 years as an Elective.
But I'm sure you're right.
Heading off in a mo early jump again.
Re you thinking about going to Eilean Siar.
Might not be the best guy for accommodation advice.
I tend to miss out the middle ground.
I'm either entirely cost free or mental opulent splashout.
Other general stuff anything I can offer advice.
Loads of good stuff online as well
Catch you soon mate.
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posted on 3/2/20
* er. if you get the bug
posted on 3/2/20
comment by The Mighty Quinn (U4099)
posted 9 minutes ago
He's here
Tully aye I've been but it doesn't count.
Early 80's had a 2 hr wait for the Iona ferry. Missus was heavily pregnant
with our firstborn, but she still insisted on accompanying me.
You can guess the rest.
It's on my list now.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The original quarry is still there and the stonemasons/quarriers' cottages have all been done up again. The island is owned by a Dutch family who take residence during the summer - during the winter the Findhorn Foundation people use it. In 'Kidnapped' David Bafour is shipwrecked on an island - and it's only after a few days that he realises it is an tidal island and he can walk off. That fictional island is based on Erraid and that is why Errad's Traigh Ghael is called Balfour Bay.
Eveyday's a school day
posted on 3/2/20
Magnum defo port.
Abandoned the drams this fine evening. Have a wee snifter of vintage
crusted port about ma person furra change.
posted on 3/2/20
Ah!
I remember laughing out loud when I read that bit at school.
The fellas in the boat were shouting to him in Gaelic and laughing.
He was raging thinking they were mocking him.
They were telling him just to wait till the tide went out.
He was there for days fore he realised he was on a tidal island.
posted on 3/2/20
comment by The Mighty Quinn (U4099)
posted 3 minutes ago
Magnum defo port.
Abandoned the drams this fine evening. Have a wee snifter of vintage
crusted port about ma person furra change.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Gonna take a wee trip to the Isles this spring I think. Fed up making excuses not to do it.
Might seek you out for some advice mate.
posted on 3/2/20
The Stevensons used the mortise & tenon construct.
The solid rock was cut into interlocking giant jigsaw pieces.
Assembled onshore to check accuracy then sent out piece by piece.
They haven't moved an inch in over 2 centuries of Atlantic batterings.
posted on 3/2/20
Magnum
Go West young man!
Further oot ye go the more Tims there are.
Time you get to Barra the 70 yr old woman serving you in the Spar
is wearing the Hoops.
posted on 3/2/20
comment by The Mighty Quinn (U4099)
posted 57 seconds ago
Magnum
Go West young man!
Further oot ye go the more Tims there are.
Time you get to Barra the 70 yr old woman serving you in the Spar
is wearing the Hoops.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
No daein it noo, put me right aff.
posted on 3/2/20
Ath
You'd make a fvkin brilliant Tim mate.
posted on 3/2/20
Cigar time.
posted on 3/2/20
Eriskay FC play in green and white hoops and have the most picturesque pitch in the world. Recognised by FiFA
posted on 3/2/20
comment by Tully 1 (U20686)
posted 47 minutes ago
comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 20 minutes ago
Well hello sailor, Tully!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
A very modest Fisher Freeward 25 built in the late 70's. Good sea boat but with a long keel it can roll a bit with a cross tide. You a sailor Silver?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Nah, not really. Did a bit when younger. Had a few hairy moments and realise don’t fck with the sea. Old man was merchant navy so I spent a ridiculous amount of time going on boats, big ones. Every holiday pretty much. Only went abroad once and that was a ‘cruise’ to Rotterdam.
A bit like golf, everyone raves about sailing once they do it and get the bug. Never had time for it.
posted on 3/2/20
comment by The Mighty Quinn (U4099)
posted 20 minutes ago
The Stevensons used the mortise & tenon construct.
The solid rock was cut into interlocking giant jigsaw pieces.
Assembled onshore to check accuracy then sent out piece by piece.
They haven't moved an inch in over 2 centuries of Atlantic batterings.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Quite correct and the likes of the Dubh Artach lighthouse was one of them. Stone cut and pre-assembled on Erraid and then as you say shipped out into the Atlantic and re-assembled. Amazing feat and some incredible stories as well as the guys had to live on the rock as they were re-assembling them.
posted on 3/2/20
comment by Tully 1 (U20686)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by The Mighty Quinn (U4099)
posted 20 minutes ago
The Stevensons used the mortise & tenon construct.
The solid rock was cut into interlocking giant jigsaw pieces.
Assembled onshore to check accuracy then sent out piece by piece.
They haven't moved an inch in over 2 centuries of Atlantic batterings.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Quite correct and the likes of the Dubh Artach lighthouse was one of them. Stone cut and pre-assembled on Erraid and then as you say shipped out into the Atlantic and re-assembled. Amazing feat and some incredible stories as well as the guys had to live on the rock as they were re-assembling them.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
On a related note..,you've all probably seen the Mausoleum at Hamilton. Worth a visit...more so for those of a Masonic bent.
Massive block cut to size and assembled. Fit together perfectly...almost no bonding material of any kind used. Fascinating.
Some place the old Hamilton.
Good yesterday anaw
posted on 3/2/20
Good anchorage off Erraid called Tinker's Hole (steady Pointy) and at the entrance to the anchorage there is among the pink granite a black basalt intrusion clearly running down the rock and then disappears under the water. It becomes clearly visible again on the wee island opposite as this rock rises sheer out of the water.
posted on 3/2/20
<Eriskay FC play in green and white hoops and have the most picturesque pitch in the world. Recognised by FiFA>
Small world mate.
My wee cousin has a croft at the end of the causeway to South Uist. The
local pub is The Politician which sponsors the team. It's there that me
and my old comrades play trad sessions when we're up.
You've prob seen this - I know most of the folk in this clip. Was in a
session with Sean the coach & and Cherry the blusenosed ex-coach in
October there.
The lassie on the right behind the bar had a wean 3 months ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQuKCpkbCRE
posted on 3/2/20
Tully they were also commissioned to build lighthouses world wide,
especially Japan & Patagonia. Scottish engineering.
posted on 3/2/20
FFS it's the wummin on the left had a wean.
Hope nae kant from Eriskay's looking on starting a war.
posted on 3/2/20
Magnum just saw that re the mausoleum.
The reason these things are still standing is the absence of mortar.
Gravity and physics keep them up.
These fellas were 2 centuries ahead of their time.
posted on 3/2/20
comment by The Mighty Quinn (U4099)
posted 5 minutes ago
Magnum just saw that re the mausoleum.
The reason these things are still standing is the absence of mortar.
Gravity and physics keep them up.
These fellas were 2 centuries ahead of their time.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Aye...almost nothing in it
Built mid 1800's iirc.
Had a major problem with subsidence at one point.. now self-corrected almost back to the vertical. Remarkable really.
Don't know if you've ever been in it? The echo was the longest of any building in the world until recently...15 seconds.
A talented singer can do 3/4 harmonies on their own if they know what they're doing.
The big stone lions that guard the building have smashing big baws on them.
posted on 3/2/20
<The big stone lions that guard the building have smashing big baws on them.>
But nae boabies?
Never been in it mate.
It is a striking building indeed.
Last thing you're expecting in the locale.
posted on 3/2/20
comment by The Mighty Quinn (U4099)
posted 1 minute ago
<The big stone lions that guard the building have smashing big baws on them.>
But nae boabies?
Never been in it mate.
It is a striking building indeed.
Last thing you're expecting in the locale.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I don't think the 74 and the little chef were there when it was built mate
posted on 3/2/20
Only did archaeology for 2 years as an Elective.
But I'm sure you're right.
posted on 3/2/20
Heading off in a mo early jump again.
Re you thinking about going to Eilean Siar.
Might not be the best guy for accommodation advice.
I tend to miss out the middle ground.
I'm either entirely cost free or mental opulent splashout.
Other general stuff anything I can offer advice.
Loads of good stuff online as well
Catch you soon mate.
posted on 3/2/20
Fvkit.
Ton's mine.
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