Category: Explore – Howmore and More of South Uist

This blog by Linda Gillard looks at colours, textures and other interests, including what she calls ’emotional geology’. When she visited Howmore her image and impressions were of: ‘The ancient churchyard at Howmore, South Uist. The stones here are encrusted with vividly coloured lichen. (Lichen provided some of the dyes used to make tweed.) At Read More …

Consider these changes that have occurred. First there was William Bald’s survey of the potential main routes through South Uist. This distinguished road engineer opted for the shoreline while eventually traffic was carried on the present one towards the middle of the plain. There are plans to reinvigorate the older route as the Machair Path Read More …

The Country Diary in The Guardian attracts descriptions of British scenes with the emphasis on the quietly dramatic, ever-changing scenes of rural life. Here, in her piece published on 8 March 2012, Christine Smith considers the responses of lapwings and oystercatchers to the turbulent, troubled waters of the tidal flow on the beach at Howmore. Read More …