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Rhenigidale may be at the end of the road, but it’s not the gateway to nowhere.
The population of the Western Isles declined by 9.9% during the 30 years from 1981 – 2011. However, during the last ten years of that period, it increased by 4.5%. This trend is reflected in Rhenigidale where the number of residents fell to 11 by the late 1980s. However, with the coming of the road Read More …
The word ‘remote’ is often used to describe Rhenigidale – for it is approached by a long single-track road from the junction on the A859 or by an arduous walk from the Scalpay – Tarbert road. However, throughout most of its occupation people and goods came by sea. This bay was once busy with small Read More …
Robert Macfarlane, an acclaimed travel writer, has produced Mountains of the Mind, The Wild Places and The Old Ways; A Journey On Foot. This is an extract from an article of his in the Financial Times: ‘From Rhenigidale, the track contours audaciously above steep-sided sea-coves, marked with rust-lines of seaweed. Raised stripes of feannagan (lazy beds) Read More …