Category: Explore – Howmore and More of South Uist

This section of the blog by Cody Duncan has featured before, but as his observations of Berneray and Rhenigidale have appeared over the last two days, it’s a case of now more from Howmore. He refers to the crossing which was stormy, the fire which was warming … as was the whisky. His image of Read More …

There is an evocative website concerning Wartime in Uist, including an item about Howmore: Robbie MacLeod reminisced, at an event in Kildonan Museum, about few if any households in the Uists having coal during the war. The military had their supplies taken by ‘puffer’ to Lochboisdale. A convoy of army trucks would then transport this across the Read More …

A fairly regular feature of the Howmore weather is the wind. It is seen here blowing the barley in a field. One of the many pleasures of the hostel is being able to get out of the wind and realising that the thick walls give both protection as well as that sense of security. A Read More …