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#I‚ ‡uT‡ rr‡ThqvpxT‡‚ ‚h’CT!69       Ury) '$ &$&('€h’iˆ ’th qr†p‚ˆx      '           ( )* !       !     ( %+',+- " #!$%&  Young skippers recommended for loans Another busy year Seven young local fi shing skippers and fi rst-time vessel owners across the have been recommended for loans totalling over £300,000 from Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’s Fisheries Investment Scheme (FIS). All those involved are aged below 40, with fi ve being just 30 or under. Three are based in North Uist; one each in Benbecula and Barra; and two from Lewis. Collectively, the total value of these projects is almost £1.75m – with the Comhairle investment recommended levering-in almost £1.5m of for Western Isles CAB additional external funding and private investment from the applicants’ own resources.

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Kenneth Street, Stornoway HS1 2DS www.lanntair.com AAUGUSTUGUST AATT An Lanntair Box Offi ce: 01851 7084808800 AANN LLANNTAIRANNTAIR Nights of fusion for An Lanntair Café Bar: 01851 708492 email: [email protected] India and Hebrides By Eilidh Whiteford of BBC4’s Treasures of the Indus television , to joining four-course Indian Feast to tickle the series. at a decisive point in the band’s history, tastebuds; before the new and specially s a Signature Event for Scotland’s and collaborating with and commissioned music score – Yatra – takes Year of History, Heritage and Sona will present an illustrated talk A on the famous temple and monuments song writing with Paul Weller, Aziz has to the arts centre stage on Friday, August Kaviraj Singh Dhadyalla Aziz Ibrahim Archaeology 2017, An Lanntair’s Purvai of Mahabalipuram in South India, a also continuously progressed and evolved 18th. Festival is set to bring India to the Outer World Heritage Site which is extensively his own musical journey, pushing at the Inspired by the journey of Colin Hebrides as the culture, art and music documented in the Mackenzie Collection – boundaries of style and genre. Mackenzie from Lewis to India in 1783, of each is explored and fused in a series the fi rst ever exhibition of which, ‘Collector The following evening (Wednesday, through specially composed compositions of exciting events. Extraordinaire’, opens at Museum nan August 16th) and all ages are welcomed and working with artists from both the The Purvai Festival week – which runs Eilean on the same day (Saturday, August to join Kathak dancer Seetal Kaur for a Gaelic and Indian traditions, this concert from August 10th to 19th – delivers a 12th). fun and interactive introduction to Indian will bring the story and journey of PURVAI FESTIVAL WEEK 1010-19 19 AUGUST packed programme of concerts and talks Moving to Tuesday, August 15th, and classical dance. Mackenzie to life, and tell the wider story from artists, including Kathak dance Purvai 2017 marks a historic event in Stornoway - the fi rst ever exhibition of Colin Mackenzie’s the New Passages Literature Event, with No experience is necessary to try out of the history and heritage between India workshop, a writers’ event with Edinburgh India Collections - ‘Collector Extraordinaire’ at Museum nan Eilean: (12 Aug- 18 Nov). Edinburgh Book Festival, gives voice to some graceful gestures, rhythmic footwork and the UK, and what that connection has Book Festival, a special curator’s talk, Colin Mackenzie, one of Scotland's most famous 19th century explorers, was born in Stornoway in the contemporary connections between and story-telling techniques, experiencing come to mean and embody today. visual and performing arts, and a specially 1753. He went on to lead a life of travel, discovery and exploration in India as a soldier, engineer, Scotland and India. a rich and exciting art form that has prepared children’s drumming and singing Rounding off the main festival in style cartographer, polymath and collector. Festival pass £30/£25: Further details at lanntair.com/purvai evolved over centuries. performance amongst others. Festival-goers are invited to join award- on Saturday, August 19th, will be the Musician Kaviraj Singh Dhadyalla will Purvai Children’s Community Drumming Indian Classical Music concert of Sitar and Tabla Launching the Festival on Thursday, winning crime writer Abir Mukherjee and Kathak dancer Seetal Kaur then introduce audiences to another new and Singing performance, led by Dalbir August 10th, are two exceptionally Nalini Paul, poet and 2017 Robert Louis Thurs 10 Aug, 8pm £12/10 or inc with festival pass instrument from Indian classic music with Singh Rattan who has been busy all year, talented musicians, Roopa Panesar and Stevenson Writing Fellow, for an evening of readings and conversation as they a concert of Santoor music and vocals. out and about across island schools and Building on the rapturous response to last year’s concert, Roopa and Dalbir will once more enchant Dalbir Singh Rattan, who received a the audience sharing Rāags – melodic compositions and Taals – rhythmic patterns that evoke and begin a special literary journey capturing Combining musicality with complex community groups, forming a mighty band rapturous response when they performed capture the season and time of the concert. at the arts centre last year. their personal responses to the celebrated rhythm, Kaviraj Singh is emerging as a of drummers and singers. Mackenzie Collection. unique and celebrated talent of the new Roopa, considered one of the fi nest Sitar And the Purvai Club Night is set to see Yatra: Journey generation and was youngest artist to festival-goers dance the night away with the players to emerge on the Indian music Also on Tuesday night, and looks set not Fri 18 Aug, 8pm £12/£10 or inc with festival pass scene in the UK, is accompanied on Tabla to be missed, is the opportunity to hear have performed at the prestigious Darbar return of An Lanntiar’s own DJ Collective – by Dalbir as the duo share the classical from musician Aziz Ibrahim, pioneer of Festival (2008). Deljeem and Fraser – who have prepared Yatra will be a performance piece which will act as the counterpart to the ‘Collector Extraordinaire’ Indian music melodic compositions of new British music genre ‘The Asian Blues’, Introducing Purvai festival-goers to the a night of electronic music and imagery, exhibition. Through specially composed compositions and working with artists from both the Gaelic Raags, as well as Taals, rhythmic patterns who will be in conversation discussing his Santoor, Kaviraj Singh will be accompanied combing music and infl uences from and Indian traditions, this concert will bring the story and journey of Mackenzie to life. that capture the season and time of the own personal musical journey of what has on Tabla by Dalbir Singh Rattan at the Stornoway, Nepal and classic Bollywood! The show will be set to a backdrop of moving imagery. A talented group of musicians has been concert. been an unparalleled career. concert on Wednesday, August 16th. For more information about the Purvai corralled by Lead Composer, Dalbir Singh Rattan, to fully immerse audiences in a journey between Saturday, August 12th, presents the A fi rm fi xture of the Manchester music Thursday August 17th and it’s time for Festival 2017 and individual events, please countries and cultures imbued with a sense of wanderlust and discovery. Dalbir Singh Rattan chance to hear from Sona Datta, presenter scene, from Reggae bands in the 80s to a taste of India as An Lanntair puts on a visit www.lanntair.com/Purvai Roopa Panesar ADULT EVENING CLASSES The next season of adult evening classes have been announced, with six evening Colin Mackenzie…both famous and unknown! classes to choose from! LIFE DRAWING WITH JON MACLEOD- MONDAY NIGHTS progressive and forward thinker. the language and interpretation. a progressive and innovative way, the Yatra concert will By Eilidh Whiteford 21 Aug- 25 Sept (6 Weeks) £48 / £41 “He always sought the local knowledge of the artefacts see a diverse collective of musicians come together to e left his position as Customs Offi cer in “Purvai incorporates the pure historical matter of his life and his Collection, but also take this connection and monuments and about the way of life surrounding immerse audiences in a journey between countries and PRINTMAKING: Stornoway and became the fi rst Surveyor General H forward to breathe new life into it through new artistic villages and areas. In that sense he made very genuine cultures imbued with a sense of wanderlust and discovery. ADDING A TOUCH OF COLOUR WITH GILL of All India; amassed one of the most extensive and interpretations, delivering some exceptional works from enquiries.” Joining Dalbir will be Asian Blues guitarist Aziz Ibrahim; THOMPSON - WEDNESDAY NIGHTS important collections of Asian antiquities in the unique artistic collaborations, drawn from both Gaelic Santoor player Kaviraj Singh Dhadyalla; Kathak dancer 23 Aug - 11 Oct (8 Weeks) £74 / £63 Indeed, Mackenzie’s documentation is one of the most INTRODUCTION TO ARGENTINE TANGO world, and conducted himself as ‘a humanist in the and Indian traditions.” Seetal Kaur Dhadyalla; Gaelic vocalists Anna Murray and extensive historical researches carried out on Ancient DRAWING FROM NATURE WITH STEVEN WITH LOUISE DAVIDSON - TUESDAY literal meaning of the word’ – yet for many on his Cietlin Smith; Neil and Rhona Johnstone on cello and Born in Stornoway in 1754, Colin Mackenzie, a talented India art and culture and comprises a remarkable range of TOD- THURSDAY NIGHTS NIGHTS (AT IONAD SPORS LEODHAIS) home island of Lewis, Colin Mackenzie remains the violin respectively, as well as violinist Jane H Macmillan. mathematician and man of keen curiosity about the lives material including beautiful intricate carved stone fi gures, 24 Aug - 5th Oct (7 Weeks) £56 / £47.50 Tue 12 Sept- 3rd Oct (4 Weeks) £16 / £13.50 forgotten Stornoway cove. and cultures which surrounded him, was a Customs thousands of drawings and sketches depicting ancient No stranger to the Western Isles, Lead Composer Dalbir An Lanntair’s Purvai Festival 2017 – the fi rst ever South Offi cer when he left Lewis, aged 29 years old. monuments, people and customs, maps and coins, and has visited nearly every island school over the past few KILT-MAKING WITH INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHIC DESIGN WITH NETTY SOPATA - FRIDAY NIGHTS PEARSE O’HALLORAN - TUESDAY NIGHTS Asian music festival in Scotland – aims to bring back to Following recommendation by Lord Seaforth, he incredibly old and precious palm leaf manuscripts. years delivering drumming and music workshops. And 25 Aug - 13 Oct (8 Weeks) £64 / £54.50 Tue 19 Sept - 10 Oct (4 Weeks) £40 / £34 life this forgotten part of Hebridean heritage, one which was taken on by Lord Napier of Merchiston to assist in The Mackenzie Collection also serves as an access he has taken his modern-day island experiences on-board reaches far beyond the island shores, with a series of researching the Hindu system of mathematics for a point into South Asian art and culture from which to alongside the inspiration of Colin Mackenzie for Yatra. events that delve into the life and work of Mackenzie and biography of Napier’s ancestor, famed mathematician John explore some of India’s darker historical events, many “Yatra is a celebration of Mackenzie’s work, and Sùil air An Lùnasdal August at a glance... the infl uences those still bear today, including the festival Napier. related to the East India Company and British Empirical combined with the Collection exhibition, it really is his Signature event, the new specially commissioned musical Wednesday 2nd Baby Driver (15) ...... 8.00 Purvai: Aziz Ibrahim: Artist Talk £5/£3 ...... 8.15pm The biography was never completed however as rule, and how those histories have come to shape cultures homecoming,” said Dalbir. score ‘Yatra’ (meaning ‘journey’). Lord Napier died, and Mackenzie instead applied for a and identity across the UK and India today. “That energy is very strong and embedded into Thursday 3rd Transformers 3D (12A) ...... 2.00 Wednesday 16th Purvai: Kathak Dance Workshop £8/£6 ...... 5.30pm Tommys Honour (PG) ...... 6.00 Purvai: Indian Classical Santoor Concert £12/£10...... 8pm The Festival also marks a historic event in Stornoway commission in the East India Company as an engineer on “We could talk all day about the East India Company and everything I do with this project; it’s the secret direction Baby Driver ...... 9.00 Thursday 17th Purvai: 4 Course Indian Feast £25 (booking essential) 6.30pm as the fi rst exhibition of Colin Mackenzie’s famous India the Madras Establishment. how they took advantage, waged war and cause suffering, I’m working from. But it also looks at where we are today, Friday 4th Exhibition opening: Shaun Fraser Instinct & Heritage Friday 18th Purvai:Yatra: Journey £12/£10 ...... 8pm Collections – ‘Collector Extraordinaire’ – opens at Museum and Mackenzie was part of that time in history,” said Yatra that’s at the core of the project, and how great it is having The Stornoway boy went on to lead a life of travel, JOHN BISHOP (Sold out)£20.50 ...... 8.00 nan Eilean this month. Lead Composer and musician Dalbir Singh Rattan. and celebrating all these beautiful art forms. Saturday 19th Purvai:Childrenʼs Drumming & Singing Performance- Free ..3pm discovery, and exploration as a soldier, engineer, Saturday 5th Captain Underpants (U) ...... 2.30 Purvai: Club Night ...... 9pm-late The fascinating life and career of Colin Mackenzie is the cartographer, polymath and collector. He made some “But I think this [his Collection] was his penance. He “The project has been full of surprises and challenges, Baby Driver (15) ...... 5.30 Monday 21st Family Screening: Madagascar:Escape to Africa ...... 11am inspiration behind Purvai 2017, but the festival’s scope is of the fi rst maps of much of southern India, exploring fell in love with the country and the people of the country. but sweet surprises and challenges! The fi rst rehearsal in Alternative Carnival Club Night £10.50 ...... 8pm-late Tuesday 22nd Despicable Me 3 3D ...... 6pm far-reaching as it reveals the close connection between the some of the most important archaeological sites, and was Many people at the time took all they could, in trade, in An Lanntair was intense and there was a lot of energy, but Monday 7th Family screening: Shrek 2 ...... 11.00 Wednesday 23rd Despicable Me 3 2D ...... 6pm Outer Hebrides and India – a connection that is still being responsible for the initial excavation of the Amaravati artefacts, but very few actually gave something back. that’s what it’s all about, that vibe. It’s been great to all Tuesday 8th Americana night: Thursday 24th Despicable Me 3 3D ...... 6pm built upon and explored by a new generation of artists and Stupa, now accepted as one of the most important “The preservation and the documentation into the get out of our own boxes and delve into something that’s Libby Koch and Chuck Hawthorne £10 ...... 8.00 Kedi ...... 8.30pm musicians. Buddhist sites in the world. meaning of these pieces held in the Collection is all down completely different and fresh.” Wednesday 9th Spiderman Homecoming 3D (12A) ...... 2.30 Friday 25th Despicable Me 3 2D ...... 6pm Becoming Surveyor General of All India in 1815, it was His day job may have been that of Surveyor, but it was to him. These beautiful pieces shine out of the darkness Dalbir added: “I would like to say thank you to An Captain Underpants (U) ...... 6.00 It Comes At Night ...... 9pm during a complex and often dark period of British colonial Mackenzie’s personal interest in research and his keenness of the history and that’s what we focused on for Yatra, Lanntair for making Yatra and Purvai possible, and to Atomic: Living in dread and promise (12A) ...... 9.00 Saturday 26th Despicable Me 3 2D ...... 2.30pm history in which Mackenzie lived in India – as did around to learn about the history, art and culture of India which bringing the good work he did to life.” everyone on this beautiful island. It’s just a gem of an Thursday 10th Purvai: Indian Classical Sitar and Tabla concert £12/10 ....8.00 Despicable Me 3 3D ...... 6pm Friday 11th Captain Underpants ...... 2.30 It Comes At Night ...... 9pm 300 other Lewis men who were on active military service. are an enormous aspect of his legacy. Meaning ‘journey’, the specially commissioned musical island and I’ve loved the time I’ve spent here.” Spiderman Homecoming 2D ...... 5.30 Saturday Drama & Art Club ...... Various “That was everyday life, a bit like island men going off- “His collection and research of Asian history is some of work Yatra has been inspired by the journey Mackenzie ‘Yatra: Journey’ takes place on Friday, August 18th, in The Beguiled (15) ...... 8.45 Monday 28th Family screening: Surfs Up ...... 11am shore now,” said An Lanntair’s Special Projects Curator the fi rst documentation – much of what is known about made from Lewis to India, from the Gaelic vocal traditions An Lanntair arts centre. And the ‘Collector Extraordinaire’ Tuesday 29th Documentary Title: David Lynch, The Art Life (15) ...... 8.00 Catherine Maclean. “India became part of the psyche in early ancient Asian art comes directly from the Mackenzie using islanders’ songs of travel and seafaring through to exhibition opens at Museum nan Eilean on Saturday, Saturday 12th Purvai: Lecture: Ancient Monuments ...... 11.30 of Mahabalipuram £5/£3 Wed 30th Cars 3D (U) ...... 6.00 Lewis then; it would have been talked about daily on the Collection, it really is that signifi cant,” said Catherine. the traditional Indian raga and folk music Mackenzie August 12th. The Beguiled(15) ...... 5.30 Thursday 31st Cars 2D ...... 6.00 streets of Stornoway but much of that has been forgotten would have experienced during his travels. “He made the collection in the context of local and For further information about both events, and the Spiderman Homecoming 3D ...... 8.30 Dunkirk (12A) ...... 8.45 now.” indigenous knowledge. He personally employed local A historical story made alive and present through Purvai Festival 2017 line-up, please visit www.lanntair. Tuesday 15th Purvai: New Passage: Literature Event £5/£3 ...... 7pm Friday 1st Sept PHIL CUNNINGHAM AND ALY BAIN £21.50 ...... 8.00 “Mackenzie had a very wide outlook, he was a Brahmins and they worked with Mackenzie for years on artists working today, representing these traditions in com/purvai EVENTS SECTION ONE - Page 10 www.hebevents.com 03/08/17 - 06/09/17 Lews Castle College UHI – opening up local opportunities

ews Castle College UHI is holding courses are available locally, ranging from La series of Taster sessions during its Health and Social Care to Jewellery, Business Open Day at its Stornoway campus on to Maritime, Engineering and Construction to Wednesday 16th August. Hairdressing. The purpose of the Open Day and Tasters “These are just some examples of the wide is to provide people with the opportunity to range of training which is available to help fi nd out more about the college, UHI and the people improve their skills and knowledge, many opportunities available locally through gain new qualifi cations, improve their job Lews Castle College UHI from August 2017. prospects or help people who are thinking of “We are conscious that the college and changing their employment direction. UHI’s main priority is to provide people in our “The Taster sessions and Open Day will community with the opportunity to improve allow people to fi nd out more about the their skills and knowledge locally, and by areas that interest them from our staff who doing this we can support local businesses deliver these courses, and to fi nd out more and the local economy with an improved about the opportunities which exist when skills base,” said Mr Iain Macmillan, Principal they’ve completed their courses,” added Mr Lews Castle College UHI. Macmillan. “Our Open Day and the Taster sessions which we’re running on Wednesday 16th The Open Day and Taster sessions will run will provide people from throughout our from 10am-3pm on Wednesday 16th August. community with the information to fi nd out For further information on the wide range more about the wide range of opportunities of opportunities available locally through available locally, whether they wish to sign Lews Castle College UHI and the views up for a full-time course or try some part-time of current students and others who have or on-line courses. completed courses at Lews Castle College “The Taster sessions will allow people to UHI, please visit the college website fi nd out more about specifi c areas where www.lews.uhi.ac.uk N   

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Scalpay’s fi shing history ur Fishing Heritage' is the fi rst exhibition island was a bustling port with up to 12 curing Oof the newly-revived Scalpay Historical stations. Boats came from all over northern Europe Society. to collect barrels of salt herring. Again in the 1960-   70s herring once again brought prosperity to The exhibition tells the story through pictures, Scalpay and the island thrived. personal experience and the written record of fi shing in Scalpay over the years. In addition to the exhibition, there are fi ve albums of photographs on loan from the Harris Scalpay was described by James Miller in his Historical Society. These photographs of Scalpay    book “Salt in the Blood” as an “inhospitable lump” folk date from around the turn of the 20th century where the Ice Ages had scraped away most of the and will be of particular interest to visitors who  soil, where cultivation was almost impossible, but have family connections to Scalpay. which offered two superb natural harbours (the North and South harbours) and many sheltered 'Our Fishing Heritage' is on at the Scalpay inlets. Community Centre until Thursday, 31 August. When the fi rst crofters were moved to Scalpay It’s open three days a week – Tuesdays to   during the 1840s they turned to the sea for their Thursdays – from 11.00 am to 4.00 pm. Admission sustenance and living. During the 1920-30s the is free and tea and coffee available.                  ! Plans to demolish former Police Station " #$  % & lans have been submitted to demolish the Pformer police station building in Tarbert, '    and build eight new apartments. An application has been lodged with Comhairle (  ' ! nan Eilean Siar by Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP), which last month had an application to build four new fl ats in the centre of Tarbert rejected. !"###$#%%&$# The proposed development entails 'provision of eight fl ats with two-bedrooms each with associated parking and outdoor facilities, to be delivered to &!'(') align with the Hebridean Housing Partnership’s set requirements with regard to space standards, energy effi ciency and materials'. The parking area to the rear is extended to *++,-..(-,/0.+ A two-storey terrace is proposed, with a mono-pitch provide the 12 spaces required, but is entirely roof that allows it to sit down on the site, substantially screened from the Main Street. The fl ats are then lower than the existing house. The whole of the clustered around two common stairs, each allowing 1-23.141.5 675  entry from the front or the rear existing lawn and shrubbery will be retained. *-2 .141.- 675  MP in plea to Whitehall over fi shing jobs 1-2.141.- 6 5

a h-Eileanan an Iar MP Angus B MacNeil “The inaction from the UK Government’s Home Nhas appealed to UK Government’s Offi ce is hurting the West Coast Scottish fi shing Minister of State for Immigration, Brandon industry as they struggle to crew their vessels and I      Lewis MP, calling on him to step in to help the know of men desperate to return to the west coast West Coast fi shing industry as they struggle to boats they once worked on. with a shortage of crew and to meet with “This affects Northern Ireland too and I would fi shing representatives. expect the Tories now to make these sensible In March, Mr MacNeil hit out at the Home Offi ce concessions to communities in Scotland and for failing to consider reintroducing a scheme Northern Ireland which would increase domestic     which would allow non-European Economic Area tax revenue and also enable people to send money workers to work in the industry. home to the Philippines. Angus MacNeil MP said: “The Home Offi ce “Skippers need crew and they have people from    suggested that the reintroduction of a scheme non-European Economic Areas ready and willing which would allow non-European Economic Area to work – but the UK Government continues to workers would ‘entrench a reliance on non-EEA turn a blind eye and recklessly ignore the crisis labour’ - a suggestion which is frankly ridiculous. hitting our fi shing industry. EVENTS SECTION ONE - Page 12 www.hebevents.com 03/08/17 - 06/09/17 Women triumph as Action pledge Housing Minister opens new homes Isles make mark on as ferry traffi c Island Games he 2017 WIIGA Squad fl ew back to blocks streets TStornoway in early July following a he blocking of Shell Street in Stornoway successful week of high level international Tby traffi c queuing to get on the competition at the NatWest Island Games XVII ferry is sparking top-level reaction - and pleas Gotland 2017. to travellers to arrive earlier for their ferries, They returned from Gotland with a record haul rather than all bunching up in the last few of 10 Gold medals; 2 Silver medals; and 1 Bronze minutes before the deadline. - all won by women. Plans are being developed by the Stornoway Seventh in the fi nal medal table was the highest Port Authority, CalMac and Comhairle nan Eilean fi nish to date. Siar to reduce congestion around Stornoway ferry A total squad of 88, including coaches, terminal. management team and physios, represented the The introduction of the Loch Seaforth on Western Isles at the biennial event, held between the route saw an increase in traffi c around the June 24 and June 30, with 73 participants competing Stornoway ferry terminal, and this together with in eight different sports – Athletics, Badminton, later arriving vehicles, has seen traffi c jams during Cycling (Road & MTB), Golf, Football (Men’s & The latest phase of a brand new housing scheme was offi cially opened on the outskirts of Stornoway on the early morning and lunchtime check-in periods. Women’s), Shooting (ABT & Skeet), Swimming and Monday July 10 by Kevin Stewart MSP, Minister for Housing and Local Government. Mackenzie Lane is the The expansion of the ferry terminal marshalling Triathlon. And 35 of the participants were under third stage of the Mackenzie Park housing complex on Farm, and comprises 24 new homes. area to accommodate traffi c for the Loch Seaforth 20 years old . left the ferry check-in point much nearer to the The medallists were as follows:- Swimming - main road. And local ferry travellers – reacting Kara Hanlon – 50m Breaststroke, Gold; 200m Go snorkelling in Harris waters! on welovestornoway.com’s Facebook page - were Breaststroke, Gold; 200m Individual Medley, Gold; quick to blame the layout of the entrance area to Kathryn Offer – 100m Backstroke, Bronze; 50m the ferry terminal for the queues. Freestyle, Gold; 50m Backstroke, Gold. Mountain Councillor Uisdean Robertson, chairman of Biking (MTB); Kerry Macphee – MTB XCountry, the Comhairle’s Transportation and Infrastructure Gold; MTB Criterium, Gold.; Kirsty Macphee – MTB Committee, said: “We are, of course, very pleased XCountry, Silver; MTB Criterium, Silver; Kerry & that the reduction in fares and the provision of Kirsty Macphee – Team MTB XCountry, Gold; Team additional capacity on the route mean that more MTB Criterium, Gold. Athletics; Eve Carrington – people want to travel to, from and within the Outer Shot Putt, Silver; and Heather Mackinnon – Triple Hebrides. Jump, Gold. "However, it is apparent that this additional WIIGA’s membership of the International traffi c has created a number of consequences in Island Games Association (IIGA) provides Islands’ ports such as Stornoway and, in this case, we are sportspeople with access to one of the biggest keen to work with CalMac and the Port Authority international multi-sport events. They come face to ensure that any congestion or disruption to road to face with Olympians, Commonwealth Games traffi c on the public highway is kept to an absolute athletes, UEFA/FIFA recognised football teams, minimum. professional cyclists and learn that with hard work “It is clear that there is a growing incidence of they have the talent to compete at or near this level. traffi c backing up onto Shell Street and causing As always there were so many highlights through congestion on Newton Street and even as far as the the week, but one that defi nitely stands out is the junction with James Street. gold medal won by young Eriskay triple jumper, "Whilst we are currently reviewing road- Heather Mackinnon. In a fi eld that included a markings and signage on Shell Street and, in their John Muir Award joined myself, Scottish former Olympian she produced the jump her life in By Iain A MacSween particular, the roundabout at the junction with the Wildlife Trust staff Maggie Keegan and Noel the fi rst round to set a target of 11.06m for the rest entrance to Pier No 3, we are working with CalMac ix brand new snorkelling areas have been Hawkins and MSP Maree Todd for a fun day to aim at – with fi ve jumps to go! What made this and the Port Authority to review their respective Sdesignated and launched by the North exploring the site. medal special was that she was able to share the Harris Trust. operational management and marshalling win with her father, mother, brother and sister who “The weather may not have been great but there arrangements to provide a more effi cient check-in The trails are located in , Seilamol had made the trip out to Gotland to offer support. was good visibility and lots of different species process.” Bay, Ardhasaig, Carragreich Bay, Port Rhenigidale were seen. Not only was it the fi rst time many Finlay MacRae, CalMac’s Area Operations Prior to leaving for Gotland WIIGA’s main and Loch Mharaig, and have been developed in of the kids had snorkelled, but the fi rst time that Manager, said: “There are a number of factors which sponsor, The Scottish Salmon Company, presented partnership with the Scottish Wildlife Trust. they had ever swam in the sea! They are keen to the WIIGA squad with their offi cial kit. With costs are contributing to the congestion on Shell Street. The North Harris Snorkel Trail is only the second do more soon. approaching £170,000 the support of a main Firstly, we are seeing a large number of vehicles of its kind in Scotland – the fi rst, the North-West sponsor is invaluable. General Team Manager, “One of the main reasons for creating the arriving to check in at the port in a relatively short Highlands Trail, was launched last year with great Iain GG Campbell, said “Our partnership with The snorkel trail was to involve local school children, period of time immediately prior to the deadline. success. getting them into the water to show them how Scottish Salmon Company has certainly benefi tted "This leads to a build-up of traffi c in the 10-15 The snorkel trail locations have been carefully beautiful but fragile the seas are where they live.” WIIGA over the last two Games. Friendships have minute period prior to the check-in close and, chosen to highlight different marine habitats and been formed and we have shared many positive The idea now, said Darryl, was to use the trail whilst we would not wish to have to consider ecosystems from seagrass meadows to kelp forests. images of our competitors, showing what a as an educational tool for youngsters throughout extending the check-in period, we would ask successful community partnership can provide.” “We are blessed up here to have incredibly rich the islands. “We plan on getting schoolkids in passengers to give themselves a bit more time prior the water, get them having a look round, tell them Craig Anderson, Chief Executive of The Scottish marine life which is easily accessed just off shore,” to that deadline and have all travel documentation about environmental issues,” he said. Salmon Company, said: “A huge congratulations said Darryl Brown, Ranger at North Harris Trust. to hand at check-in.” to the Western Isles team on their fantastic “I hope that both visitors and locals alike will He added: “Most of the tourists who come “We have allocated additional staffi ng to the achievement at the recent Games in Gotland. take the plunge to explore the trail, have fun and to Harris come to see the wildlife, and they are check-in arrangements during the summer months missing out on a huge chunk of that. People who “We are very proud to support this year’s record- be inspired to learn more about issues facing our but recognise that improvements could also be have never snorkelled can be very close to the breaking team and hope the athletes go from marine environment.” made in terms of our use of better technology shore. Everyone gets a lesson on how to use the strength to strength at the next island gathering in “On the 1st July, we had a small launch at one as part of the booking, ticketing and check-in kit. It is suitable for all levels.” Gibraltar 2019.” of the trail locations, Hushinish beach. The local processes. For more information, contact Darryl Brown at As well as the tremendous support WIIGA scout troop and some other local children doing "We are working with our suppliers to develop the North Harris Trust on 01859 50 2222. receives from main sponsor, The Scottish Salmon and implement the necessary changes and are Company, many of our sports teams have currently seeking to have improved processes received fi nancial support from local businesses, CalMac ferry-port meetings and equipment in place for early in 2018.” It organisations and individuals, and our sincere is recognised that the most effective solution thanks are due to them. To date the following to address the congestion on Shell Street will erry-owners Caledonian Maritime Assets Lochmaddy Village Hall, North Uist , Wednesday also include changes and improvements to the have given support: - Charles Macleod (Butcher); Limited (CMAL) are to host a series of 6th September, 16.00-19.00hrs. Harris Tweed Hebrides; Engebret Ltd; Ishga; Point F marshalling infrastructure and Stornoway Port public exhibition events to share proposals for & Sandwick Trust; MG ALBA; Engebret Ltd; Lewis The port changes are needed to accommodate Authority, has already commenced investigations construction work at the ‘Harris triangle’ ports Builders; Baltic Book Shop; Uig Lodge; Big Husky the new bigger, dual-fuel ferries currently being into alternative options. Lodge; Maciver Consultancy Services Ltd; John of Tarbert, Uig and Lochmaddy. built in Port Glasgow which are earmarked for the Alex Macleod, the Port Authority’s Chief Roe; ACES (Electrical); Yesss Electrical; Schneider The public exhibitions will take place on Arran and Harris Triangle routes. Comments can Executive, said: “Stornoway Port Authority recognise Electric; Obh! Obh!; Horshader Community successive days as follows:- Uig Community be provided at the events or afterwards in writing to that there is a need for further improvements to the Development; Duncan Mackay & Sons Ltd; Galson Centre, Uig, Skye on Monday 4th September, CMAL or by email to [email protected] Stornoway Ferry terminal marshalling and parking Motors. With sincere apologies for any missed out, 16.00-19.00hrs; Harris Hotel, Tarbert, Harris, by 29th September 2017. Further information is arrangements, to reduce congestion on the public your support is truly valued. Tuesday 5th September, 16.00-19.00hrs; and available on CMAL’s website. road and within the ferry terminal area.” 03/08/17 - 06/09/17 www.hebevents.com EVENTS SECTION ONE - Page 13 A new face behind the Festival lens! By Eilidh Whiteford Cambridge Folk Festival, picturing Julie the team, and her encouragement and Fowlis and Runrig, including taking reassurance this year,” said Fiona. t was all change for the ‘ladies shots for the Scots rockers Stamping “Leila’s advice was to capture the behind the lens’ at HebCelt this I Ground album and The Runrig fl avour of the festival, the people, the year as Leila Angus handed over to Songbook. lights, the general ambience, the bands Fiona Rennie. But HebCelt was always a special too, of course, but the people are what After 20 years spent behind the job: “Aside from the bands, I loved make HebCelt unique. photographing the people,” she said. camera, HebCelt 2017 saw Leila “We try to work with a team of enjoying the festival from a punter’s Since 2010, as HebCelt grew, so did about six photographers, mostly local if point of view. “It was very strange the demands on Leila, and after being possible, and we all capture the festival this year,” she said. “I was still people joined by photographer Dougie Coulter in our own style, and from our own watching, I just didn’t have to hold a for a few years, she was commanding a perspectives and this is important too,” camera for four days this time! team of around six local snappers. Fiona continued. “It was lovely just to relax and spend And when Fiona Rennie joined the “It was defi nitely a lot of fun, and four days sitting in the sunshine on the team a couple of years ago, Leila saw very intense! It all started like a normal someone who she felt could take over. Green with my friends and family. I HebCelt week, and then as usual by Leila said: “It’s always been a part only took a total of three photos over the Saturday, after four nights of late night of me. I was there since the second whole weekend!” editing and early mornings out shooting festival and I felt very much that it was It was in 1997 that Leila fi rst became it gets a bit blurry (my head, not the ‘mine’. I was terrifi ed to hand it over as involved with the Hebridean Celtic photos!). I love meeting the musicians, I knew I wanted someone with the same Festival, working with the legendary commitment and passion for HebCelt making new friends, and being part of Sam Maynard as part of the Eolas Media Fiona Rennie and Leila Angus at this year's Heb Celt as I had. the HebCelt family!” team, before going solo to capture all “Lighting was also a big issue, downloading over teatime before going You can check out Fiona and the the HebCelt happenings from 2000. “Fiona brings that with her, and especially when the festival changed out again in the evening to cover the she brings a new slant and a different team’s HebCelt 2017 photos on the Working in pre-digital days, she from the little white tent to the big blue pub sessions, An Lanntair gigs and of perspective and photography style.” Hebridean Celtic Festival website recalls the pressures of taking and (www.hebceltfest) and Facebook page – I walked into it the fi rst night and course the tent shows. And Fiona came into her own this developing fi lm photographs, as well as thought this is too dark, I’m never going (www.facebook.com/HebCelt). “Then it was home to edit everything year, heading the six-strong photography 18-hour, fast and physically exhausting to get anything! And throughout August Fiona’s and upload photos to the festival team to ensure nothing was missed. days. exhibition ‘Buntans: A Sense of “Then from 2000 to 2010 I was on website!” “Working as part of a team as close “In the fi rst few years you were covering the festival in full on my own. knit as HebCelt was a bit daunting Belonging’ – created to celebrate the allocated so many rolls of fi lm … six I’d be up and out for the family concerts Leila was also heavily involved in at fi rst, but they are all so welcoming 10th anniversary of the Galson Estate rolls a night, around 30 shots per roll, at 9.30am, then covering events in capturing other aspects of the Scottish and friendly and so full of support, buyout with over 40 photographs and gave you about 180 photos from each the town, gigs outside Stornoway or music scene, covering bands at Skye especially Caroline [Maclennan, interviews with people living and night – compare that to the 500+ images taking photos for sponsors or bands Festival and the 30th Orkney Folk Festival Director], I cannot thank her working in the area – is on show at the taken on digital now. through the day, leave those photos Festival, working for Capercallie at the enough for her support in my joining Estate Trust offi ces. Local voices on an international stage By Eilidh Whiteford the pinnacle of summer! Playing on the main stage was probably my highlight and I so hope to be or many in the Western Isles the Hebridean back at HebCelt soon.” Celtic Festival will always been their ‘home’ F An Lanntair saw a number of Hebridean success show. stories with the likes of Na h-Ognanich and And for local singers, songwriters, and Calum Alex Macmillan entertaining at this year’s musicians, HebCelt has long provided a platform HebCelt; and Tolsta musician and songwriter to showcase the home-grown talents of the Outer Willie Campbell was joined by a plethora of island Hebrides also – with 2017 proving no different. music-makers to bring his Gaelic album ‘Dalma’ Fresh from signing a three-album deal with to the arts centre stage. global label BMG, Point singer/songwriter Colin And one Lewis lady fi rmly in the spot light Macleod was delighted with his HebCelt Main on the HebCelt opening night was fi ddler Jane Stage slot on Festival Saturday. Hepburn, taking part in An Lanntair’s ‘Between “It was incredible,” he said. “It was such a warm Islands’ project and teaming up with fellow crowd and such a good feeling all day. There’s fi ddlers Louise Bichan from Orkney and Shetland’s so much goodwill and encouragement from Maggie Adamson. Dougie Maclean fan Sophie Vaudoux-Lochrie is pictured with the man himself. Sophie – a former EVENTS everyone, it really means a lot.” “I think it was the concept of the show that made staff member who returned to take some photographs at this year’s HebCelt – lives in Burgundy and last year it so special,” said Jane, who was inducted into the Colin is also set to play the Belladrum festival, was also in Stornoway for the Runrig concert at HebCelt 2016. She fi rst met the band after a concert in near Beauly, this month as he promotes new Hebridean Celtic Festival Hall of Fame in 2011. Paris in 1989. However, she suffered a medical emergency and was being treated in Western Isles Hospital album ‘Bloodlines’ – his collection of new songs “We didn’t just ‘put on a concert’ – we explored at the time of Runrig’s appearance. This time, there were no mishaps and Sophie not only met the star based around commonly known island tales and our three different styles, learned a bunch of new himself but also attended and enjoyed his performance. stories, revolving around the life and characters of tunes from the three different places and we looked his home. for the links and similarities between the islands. “The set list at HebCelt was mostly the new We didn’t play anything because we thought they Another successful HebCelt album and it was great to get a chance to play were ‘cool’ or ‘contemporary’, we played those it in full,” he said. “And to have the boys there particular pieces for a reason, and we learned the rganisers of the 22nd Hebridean Celtic the fantastic support we get from our audiences, playing with me made all the difference,” Colin stories behind them.” OFestival celebrated another resounding funders, sponsors, supporters and from this added, paying thanks to his band of ‘Point lads’ – Viewing the success of the Hebridean musicians success for the four-day event. community.” Murdo Mackenzie (drums), Scott Macleod (guitar), before them, Stephen Drummond of Faram was The festival in July featured more than 40 acts During festival week Stornoway and surrounding Callum Macleod (bass), and, originally from Fort delighted to have the chance to step onto the and over 70 hours of performances in the main villages were crammed with visitors, with nearly William, Gordon Skene (piano). HebCelt springboard this year also. arena, in Stornoway town centre and in sell-out 60 per cent coming from outside the islands – Also enjoying a chance to take to the Main Stage “It is just great to see so many young musicians community shows in , reaching from across the UK, Europe, the US, Canada, this year was Josie Duncan who performed in the around similar ages working hard to produce good nearly 16,000 attendances over its four-day run. Australia and New Zealand – fi lling hotels, guest main tent with Inyal on Festival Friday; as well as music,” he said. Festival director Caroline Maclennan said: houses and campsites in the area. Numbers taking to the Acoustic Stage with music partner “The privilege of being given the opportunity to “The beautiful weather added to the wonderful visiting the Stornoway Information Centre were up Pablo Laufuente the same day to show just why the play at the festival at such a young age really opens atmosphere in and around the arena and the pair scooped the prestigious Radio 2 Young Folk by more than 40 per cent on the corresponding your eyes to what you can achieve in the future. Award earlier this year. feedback from the artists, audience and traders has week in 2016. Alan MacKenzie, VisitScotland Hard work really does pay off. been extremely positive. islands manager for the Outer Hebrides, said: “HebCelt 2017 was wonderful,” Josie said. “It “HebCelt 2017 has just been amazing,” he “Many people came for the whole week so they was extra special having all my pals from Stornoway “The demise of other festivals underlines just added. “Between the weather and the music it’s had a chance to see all the amazing scenery and and from music/Glasgow in the same place! how challenging it is to organise these large-scale really brought together everyone to appreciate events, particularly outside the bigger population attractions the island have to offer, with many “The sun was shining too, so it really felt like how brilliant the island can be!” centres. Our continued success is testament to saying they will defi nitely come back to visit again. EVENTS SECTION ONE - Page 14 www.hebevents.com 03/08/17 - 06/09/17 New entrants to crofting backed

The Crofting Commission has successfully “I have lived on Lewis for 12 years and was let fi ve vacant croft tenancies to new entrants always very eager to get into crofting especially recently – who will use the land and ensure it is working with animals. not neglected. “My plans for the croft include getting some pigs The commission terminated four tenancies in to deal with all the ferns and over growth, before the Western Isles and one in Glen Torridon, as the reseeding and then letting some rare sheep graze tenants where not complying with their duty to be happily, once I’ve fenced the boundary. resident and the landlords failed to let the crofts within the necessary timescales. The Crofting Commission Head of Regulation, Joseph Kerr, said: “We wish the new tenants every The tenancies were all advertised locally and success in their ventures. Western Isles Crofting Commissioner Iain MacIver interested parties invited to submit an application congratulates Dennis McGonnell to the Crofting Commission, to be considered for “We have a further fi ve crofts to let in the near One last time the tenancy. The applications were then sifted and future and are having ongoing discussions with crofts being occupied and worked.” scored, with all those successful going forward to landlords to take this forward. The crofts and new tenants were: 18 Rushgarry, be chosen ‘blind’ by a Commissioner. “We are also currently in negotiations with a Uist – successful new tenant Peter MacAskill; 12 for Festival New entrant, Dennis McGonnell said: ” I was number of landlords where crofts are vacant or Garrygall, Barra - Russell Simpson.; 24 , Lewis delighted to be selected as the new tenant for the subject to a long term unresolved succession in - Dennis McGonnell; 15 Cromore, Lewis - David croft 24 Gravir. order to seek solutions which would result in the Skene; and Inn Croft, Glen Torridon – Emily John By Eilidh Whiteford ach year Ullapool’s very own festival E‘Loopallu’ sees many cross My Pilgrimage to enjoy the last festival of the season – but Chance to keep great Loopallu 2017 will be the last time! It’s been decided that the festival’s 13th outing to the Holy Land – September 29th to 30th – is going to be its last. book collection on Isles “There’s no time to be sad, it’s time to celebrate rom the earliest times, pilgrimage has been a what has made Loopallu so special over the Fcherished part of human life, be it individual he recent death of Michael Robson, of stories. His method involved passionate and years,” say the festival team. “Time to celebrate or collective, writes Mina Sheppard. TCallicvol at Port of Ness, means a unique meticulous research that always included talking how the little event with a big heart transformed a opportunity has arisen to acquire his important to the people who live and work in the places small West Coast village at the end of the season, In the Bahá’í context, pilgrimage is a law involved. ordained by Bahá’u’lláh “if one can afford it and collection of rare and important books. bringing millions of pounds into the economy is able to do so, and if no obstacle stands in one’s His lifetime of collecting and commitment to But the interest of the collection spreads far over the years, and not to mention the priceless way”. Today, Bahá’ís make their pilgrimage at the creating a full-scale historical presence in remote beyond Scotland. For instance, in 1772 scientist friendships established.” invitation, and as honoured guests of the Universal places means there is a signifi cant library available Joseph Banks made an exploratory visit to Iceland, So the organisers hail the return of The View House of Justice. The Shrines and other holy places for someone with the interest in maintaining it for and thus stirred up a considerable interest in that as Friday headliners, who will celebrate the 10th are located in and around the cities of Haifa and themselves and others. island, about which at that time little was known by anniversary of their debut album ‘Hats Off To ‘Akká in the Holy Land. anybody living south of Glasgow and Edinburgh. The Buskers’ by playing it in full; and welcomed If an individual purchaser cannot be found Just over 30 years later, another and much to Loopallu for the fi rst time this year are indie We will have a chance to visit Christian, Jewish - and efforts have been made unsuccessfully younger person, Sir George Steuart (sic) darlings Glasvegas, topping the bill on the Saturday and Muslim Holy places, all three very close to to achieve this over the past few years - then Mackenzie, who owned the estate of Coul in Ross- night. each other in old Jerusalem, as well as Haifa and the collection (which can be seen on www. shire and who had similar scientifi c interests to Akka. scottishbookcollection.com) will be broken up Local heroes Hunter & The Bear are back to those of Banks, made the same journey and the Bahá’í pilgrimage is simple but profound through an auction saleroom. celebrate the release of their debut album; the following year wrote an expensive and splendid- in its ultimate aim: to pay homage to the Twin return of Turin Brakes with their only Scottish As a whole, the collection tells the fascinating looking volume entitled ‘Travels in the Island of Manifestations of the Faith and the Centre of the festival play of the summer; and The Rezillos keep story of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland Iceland, During the Summer of the Year 1810’. Covenant. up the festival’s reputation for delivering great punk and includes some unique copies, as well as Mackenzie’s studies were widespread in range, acts. Another element to savour during pilgrimage diffi cult-to-fi nd books, maps, atlases, and varied beginning perhaps with the more domestic is the opportunity to visit, enjoy and be inspired The Pigeon Detectives bring their explosive publications that extend from the early 17th discoveries which he made at fi rst, including by the magnifi cent edifi ces, situated on Mount energy to the Loopallu stage; up and coming and century through to modern times. buildings and their occupants – illustrated with a Carmel, the “Mountain of the Lord”, that constitute Tide Lines – greeted with huge enthusiasm at July’s This collection represents a deep exploration bright, colourful and cheerful row of men, women the Administrative Centre of the Faith. Last but most HebCelt - are expected to draw a huge crowd, as is into all aspects of Scotland's landscape, historical, and a child in ‘Icelandic Costume’. defi nitely not least, is the opportunity to witness fi rst Callum Beattie, who has enjoyed having his recent economic, political, and social. hand the beauty and diversity of the Bahá’í family, The selections on www.scottishbookcollection. releases playlisted on BBC Radio 2. some from places we never even knew existed. The shape of this "library" is the result of much com offer just glimpses into the nature of this Loopallu has always tried to bring new acts to more than a passion for books. The collection's collection, which numbers around 3200 volumes. To visit the tiny cell into which He was thrown excite its audience, and even the last ever festival origins lie in more than one person's quest, in A 22-page pdf document is available with other in the barracks of Akká, and then to witness this is no exception with the hotly-tipped Tynesider information and a full catalogue should be beginning of the unity of mankind, we cannot help pursuit of the colours, the shapes, and the stories Sam Fender; Edinburgh’s fi nest Hamish Hawk; available soon. but be assured of the ultimate triumph of the Cause, of a much-loved land. Travelling from hill to hill, buzz act The Howl and The Hum, and Stornoway’s and the achievement of all its aims. from island to island, this collection is fi lled with a So any individual or organization interested new super group Willie Campbell & The Tumbling tapestry of searching and fi nding. Michael Robson in making a bid for the collection – particularly Souls. I have heard some say, “Do I really need to go?” absorbed the land and its history through constant to allow it to remain on the Hebrides as a “Can’t I ‘enjoy’ it from afar, by listening to stories Over the years the festival, in association with physical contact as well as through reading and hub of historical interest is asked to contact told by returning pilgrims or by seeing the photos Ullapool Book Fest, has brought some incredible the widest possible contact with people and their [email protected] and by reading books?” “Is it really worth the effort names from the literary world to Ullapool, and this and cost?” The answers to these questions are, of reign will be ended in style with no other than the course, a personal matter. However, when we legendary Ian Rankin; children’s favourite Mairi weigh the many pros against the few cons (if any), Hedderwick making a popular return, and a warm making the pilgrimage just seems… like the right welcome being extended to the award-winning thing to do. Malachy Tallack. And the infamous Loopallu fringe will play host to Rhythmreel, Little Mammoths, Ruairidh     Maclean, Sons of the Soil, Will & the Wild Horse, Vic Galloway, and of course Davy & the Hosebeast.     But how to send off the little fest in the west in       style, make sure things go with a real bang?       “There is only one way,” say organisers. “Closing    !   "      #  the main stage on the Saturday night, and the fi nal Loopallu act, will be The Vatersay Boys!” Taking place on Friday, September 29th and Saturday, September 30th, festival camping is no longer available in the village, however Ardmair Holiday Park, located approximately two miles north of Ullapool, still has availability. To fi nd out more visit www.ardmair.com

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ONE STOP SHOP TO FINDING YOUR NEW HOME Stornoway based company, Hebrides Property Finder launches its website this month and aims to make searching for a property in the Hebrides much easier. After identifying a nîche in the market, the property search website was established to pull in property listings from estate agents into one site to make it easier for people Outer Hebrides Business Gateway and the Prince’s Trust are delivered to fi nd their next home, commercial premises or OUTER HEBRIDES BUSINESS GATEWAY is a Comhairle based service plot of land. locally through Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’s Economic Development With the website currently listing over 95% of service.offering Wea range offer aof range support of support and advice and advice to individuals to individuals setting setting up upor all properties for sale in the Outer Hebrides and developing business enterprises across the islands. To further discuss with plans to increase the coverage to 100%, we or developing business enterprises across the islands. To discuss your aim to make Hebrides Property Finder the go- provided specialist advice through Orbit Agency. your ideas and requirements and to nd out your eligibility for additional to place for anyone looking for a new property, ideas and requirements further and to fi nd out your eligibility for fi nancial In the short time we have been involved with offering a “one stop shop” solution to save Business Gateway we have found our adviser to assistance,assistance pleaseplease callcall ourour local ofoffi cece andon 01851 we will 822775 be pleased and we to will direct be people time. be very helpful and expect to use more of their pleasedyou to one to directof our youadvisers to one - 01851of our 822 advisers. 775. Chris Shields from Hebrides Property Finder advice and assistance as our business grows.” explained, "When we were planning to launch For more information, please visit the website we approached Business Gateway as www.hebridespropertyfi nder.com we realised that their advice on promotion and her with the ‘Sapphire’ which was built in 2004. To fi nd out how Business Gateway can Angus, originally from Eoligarry in Barra, now lives marketing could be invaluable in making the site a success. In addition to this advice, Business assist you with starting or growing your in Sollas, North Uist with his partner Judith and business, contact us on 01851 822775 or two sons. Gateway has been able to open up access to training and innovation programmes and has [email protected] Angus said: “Without this loan from the Comhairle I would not be where I am today. I’d worked my fi rst boat hard and, although she’d left him - even after the doctor told him to get a day FREE INNOVATION WORKSHOPS FOR never let me down, I was worried that if something job when he broke his ankle. did go wrong on a boat her age she’d either end SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES Angus said: “I knew I couldn’t sit behind a desk up rotting on the shore or at the bottom of the sea. all day so I skippered sitting down until my ankle Getting the new boat has given me greater peace of mind as she is far superior in terms of build and healed. It was at that time I decided I really wanted technology.” to make money for myself. I’d saved a fair bit which allowed me to buy the ‘Lizanna’ from Grimsay in He added: “Having my loan application North Uist. I then took on my two crew, who still In an ever changing and increasingly competitive accepted was a great boost as it helped pay for a work with me today, and launched the business. large chunk of the new vessel. During the process marketplace, innovation is integral to business Business Gateway ensured all the right boxes were “I suppose I’m the black sheep of the family, as growth and success. With Co-Innovate, you can they are all crofters. I was always attracted to fi shing Angus Morrison ticked so I could draw down the money.” learn about the benefi ts of innovation, identify Norman MacLean, Business Gateway, said: because of my work ethic and the money to be opportunities for growth in your business and COMHAIRLE LOAN HELPS “We’re delighted that Angus was able to secure made. Running the business has been exactly what create a vision to make it happen. I thought it would be - hard work but rewarding.” YOUNG UIST FISHERMAN the loan and happy that our input was helpful. A free workshop on Co-Innovate has been Acquiring the new vessel allows him to continue He added: “I would like to thank all crew organised for Wednesday 30 August at 10am in LAND NEW BOAT to go out in all-weathers, catching crayfi sh and members that I have worked with past and present. the Highlands and Islands Enterprise offi ces in lobster from May to September and crab all year It is a team job and I am glad that I have been Securing a Comhairle nan Eilean Siar loan to help round – selling his crayfi sh to China and the rest of able to work with some of the best fi shermen in Stornoway. To register your interest in the workshop with the purchase of a new fi shing boat provided his catch to C&J Shellfi sh Ltd.” Scotland.” please visit www.co-innovateprogramme.com Angus Morrison with the stability needed to grow For more information on the programme, please his North Uist based business. Angus’ love of fi shing arose at a young age To fi nd out how Business Gateway Outer when he began landing crab on a beach in Barra Hebrides can help your business visit: contact Donald Murray on 01851 707300. Using guidance and support from Business at seven-years-of-age. Then in secondary school he www.bgateway.com/western-isles or call 01851 Gateway Outer Hebrides, the 33-year-old, who FUNDING SCHEMES started loading catch onto the lorries to earn extra 822775. set up Morrison Shellfi sh in 2012, was awarded pocket money. a £73,000 loan from the Comhairle’s Fisheries On leaving school, he started out as a crew BUSINESS GATEWAY WORKSHOPS Grants for Growth Investment Scheme earlier this year. member on a number of fi shing boats eventually Who not come and join us on the new season of The money allowed the 33-year-old to retire his working his way up to skipper. However, his Business Gateway Masterclasses and workshops fi rst boat, the 42-year-old ‘Lizanna’, and replace ambition to buy and operate his own boat never starting in August? Our Masterclasses are designed to help anyone YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR HELPED TO START BUSINESS involved in business, whatever stage they are at. From the fi rst spark of a business idea, through to Business Gateway and The Prince’s Trust those who have previously attended courses, there continue to support a wide range of enterprising is something for everyone. Grants for Growth is a business development scheme individuals and businesses, with one of the latest They are a great way to learn new skills, brush funded by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and European being young entrepreneur Alex Catterall. up on all your current business development ideas Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The scheme One of the aims of Alex’s new business is to and meet some great people. is aimed at businesses based in the Outer Hebrides, provide a complete syllabus of T’ai Chi Ch’uan Our topics include Practical Business Planning in key sectors, with signifi cant plans for growth to the community of the Outer Hebrides. Alex & Market Research, Accounting & Record Keeping (increasing annual turnover by at least £50,000 ran some free taster sessions during the week of and Marketing Principles & Content Creation. For within three years and creating employment). the Hebridean Celtic Festival, getting some great further details on the sessions planned for the next feedback and his regular classes then started in few weeks, please see the advert on the back page. Outer Hebrides Youth Stornoway at the end of July. For more information, and to book your place on Entrepreneurship Fund Alex explained, “I am personally really excited any of the sessions, please contact us on 01851 about this, as the benefi ts of this art / exercise Alex Catterall, T’ai Chi Hebrides 822775 or [email protected] form are wide-ranging. T’ai Chi Ch’uan has a DIGITALBOOST ONLINE TUTORIALS reputation of increasing general strength and have received a start-up grant from The Prince’s fl exibility, as well as assisting with healing, Trust and for the wealth of advice and knowledge Having a sound understanding of how digital recovery from injuries, and the promotion of provided by Business Gateway to assist with the can work for your business is key to staying development of my new business venture.” good health in general. In addition, it offers a competitive. Adopting digital methods of work complete self-defence method and both physical Another aspect of Alex’s business is music. He can be a highly effi cient and cost-effective way The Outer Hebrides Youth Entrepreneurship and mental challenges for the advanced student - is also a musician and is currently available to of communicating your message, engaging with it’s not all about slow movements!” anyone who wishes to learn to play traditional existing and potential customers and beefi ng up Scheme (OHYES) is a new grant scheme expected fi ddle, or to write music. Further information on your return on investment. to run until March 2019. It is part-fi nanced by Alex is looking forward to helping to bring Alex’s business, along with his contact details, Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar and Scape Reinvest these benefi ts to the island and the local To help you understand how to make the most can be found on his website www.taichihebrides. of digital ways of working, Business Gateway has community. He also plans to begin teaching T’ai Communities Fund and open to all young co.uk developed some short online tutorials. Topics Chi sword fencing in the coming months. entrepreneurs aged 18 to 40 wishing to set up a To fi nd out how Business Gateway and The covered so far include Digital Marketing Strategy, new business venture based in the Outer Hebrides. He promises this will be a fun and rewarding Prince’s Trust can assist you with starting or Email Marketing and Producing Engaging Online practice for anyone who wishes to try it! growing your business, contact us on 01851 Content. Each tutorial is around 10 – 15 minutes To fi nd out more about either of these schemes, Alex also highlighted, “I am very grateful to 822775 or [email protected] long and can be watched at any time. For more please contact the Business Gateway offi ce on information visit www.bgateway.com/online-tutorials 01851 822775 or [email protected]

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By Fred Silver he sky was solid grey. The rain was Ttotal. Our elegant waterproofs were clearly inadequate. We accepted the offer of full-scale seagoing rain-averting garments from Miavaig-based Seatrek. And braced ourselves for a foray out on to the tormented swell of the North Atlantic Ocean. This was the Islands Book Trust trip on Saturday July 15th to Aird Bheag, a remote peninsula on the west coast of Lewis that is only accessible by sea. Because of the weather conditions, the boat had been upgraded in advance from a RIB to the Seatrek fl agship, the Lochlann, an Interceptor 42 built by Safehaven Marine, and launched in 2007. Under the command of Seatrek’s chief Murray Macleod, ably assisted by Lynne Buchanan, the Lochlann had plenty of room inside and out for our 12-person party. The Aird Bheag peninsula was bought two years ago by Skye-based Chris Young, founder of Young Films, producer of Gaelic TV’s Bannan and creator of the Inbetweeners on Channel Four and in the cinema. More important, he is the partner of artist Julie Brook, whose extraordinary outdoor Chris Young, centre, and Julie Brook, left saying goodbye to the Book Trust group art installations and creations have involved long periods of living on Mingulay, Jura, the road is several miles walk away and the deserts of Tunisia and now, Aird Bheag. ground in between rises to more than Based in the former schoolhouse, she 1,600ft. What's in Section Two and her youngest daughter Meredith were The aim had been to make the visit in the waiting to welcome us. company of Ina Macdonald. Ina is the sister RNLI News ...... B2 But fi rst, the voyage. Leaving the lagoon of the late John Macdonald (author of An around Pabbay and passing Gallan Head, Trusadh: Memories of Crofting in Ardveg) we were exposed to the full strength of the and was herself born in Aird Bheag. The Linda Norgrove Foundation ...... B3 Atlantic swell as the boat’s wipers worked Until the early 1950s the area was furiously to keep the view ahead clear in occupied by a vibrant, crofting community Comunn Eachdraidh Nis ...... B3 the downpour and the spray. and Ina lived there until she was 18. Inevitably, some in the party succumbed However, on Saturday, she was delayed for Summer soups By John Dory ...... B4 to seasickness as the boat powered its a thoroughly modern reason. Heathrow way south, fi nally getting into the lee of Airport! Not because she was coming from Stornoway Primary Newsdesk ...... B4 Mealasta Island and calmer waters after Heathrow herself, but because Chris Young about an hour. had been delayed there the day before and they were all due to arrive at Aird Bheag Revealing the history hidden in soil ...... B5 Now we approached the ruins of Aird together. Bheag village, on the opposite side of Loch Events in Stornoway and East Lewis ...... B6-B7 Hamnaway from the lodge and its modern Once we had arrived, Julie and Meredith track snaking its way up the opposing were to set off to Huisinis in their own hillside. fast inshore boat to pick up Chris, Ina and Events in West Lewis ...... B7-B8 Continued on page B5 Why come by sea? The nearest public Events in Harris ...... B8 Rotary Club update ...... B8 New books at Western Isles Libraries ...... B9 Blas Festival comes to Outer Hebrides ...... B10-B11 Building our communities ...... B12-B13 Fencing stock in or fencing stock out? ...... B15 Croftersʼ destiny being decided by others ...... B15 Hebridean Book Festival seeks out lands beyond the pale ...... B16 Princess Anne opens new extension to tweed mill ...... B17 NHS Update ...... B18-B19 or at www.welovestornoway.com In the former schoolhouse, Julie Brook and her youngest daughter Meredith welcome the group

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pagers sounded and the fi re engine sped away down the harbour with lights fl ashing and sirens blaring! Check out the Stornoway RNLI Facebook page for more photos News from our sun and fun fi lled Open Day 2017!

Stornoway Shouts The volunteer crew of Stornoway RNLI lifeboat were paged by HM Coastguard at 1914 hours on Thursday, July 13th, following reports of a 121.5Mhz distress beacon transmission being received. The ‘Tom Sanderson’ RNLI lifeboat launch, and along with the Coastguard rescue helicopter, proceeded to search an area in The Minch, eight miles east of Stornoway. After a comprehensive but fruitless search, all involved were stood down, the signal from the beacon no longer being received. The shout has been classed as a false alarm with good intent. The RNLI lifeboat and volunteer crew returned to Stornoway and was refuelled and ready for the next shout by 2200 hours.

Sea Sunday Alex crosses the border RNLI charity walker Alex Ellis Roswell, who walked around the Outer Volunteer members of Stornoway RNLI crew, Branch members, and Hebrides in January this year, crossed the border back into England ladies of the Stornoway Lifeboat Ladies Guild joined the congregation on Wednesday, July 19th – completing the 4,500mile Scottish leg of at St Columba’s (Old Parish) Church in Stornoway on Sunday, July his 9,500mile walk around the coast of Britain and Ireland. 9th, to attend the annual Sea Sunday service. On reaching the border, six miles south of Eyemouth, Alex said: Also joining for praise was Murdo MacAulay, Coastguard Rescue “Scotland has proven to be one of the most challenging years of my Service, and Stornoway Fishermen’s Mission’s Roddy MacIver. Thank Everyone had great fun on the day which kicked off with the annual whole walk. Stornoway Lifeboat Family 5K Fundraiser. you to all at St Columba’s (Old Parish) Church for the warm welcome “I was up in the Outer Hebrides this winter where winds reached and prayers. Around 60 people took part in the 5K with Finlay Emmott fi rst over 100mph. I’ve fallen and fractured my ankle. I’ve walked through across the fi nish line in a time of 19 minutes and 23 seconds. Second hurricanes and through the vast Highlands landscape. place went to Aodhan Finnegan (20 minutes and 39 seconds), and “But despite the challenges, I’ve fallen in love with Scotland. The Sam Greenslade was third to cross the line, running the 5K in 21 hospitality and generosity of all the communities I’ve walked through minutes and 14 seconds. has blown me away. I couldn’t have done it without that support.” And congratulations to the MacIver/Murray Clan who scooped the Alex added: “I want to say a huge thank you to everyone in the ‘Most Family Members’ title in the Stornoway Lifeboat Family 5K, Outer Hebrides who donated and supported me while I was there. It with a total of 12 family members crossing the fi nish line! was a fantastic experience!” Thanks to Steven Munro, Lewis Sports Centre, for organising the 5K Now across the border, Alex hopes to have fi nished the last and to Stornoway Round Table, which sponsors the event each year. 1,000miles of his walk down the east coast of England by November Thanks also to the Point Show Committee which lent their marquee, this year. tables and chair to Stornoway RNLI for the Open Day; as well as to When he fi nishes where he started back in Kent, he’ll have been Newmarket Gateway Trust who supplied and operated their candy walking for over three years and taken over 20million footsteps! fl oss machine during Open Day. Thanks also to Gordon Maclean and the team at Stornoway Seafari who ran short boat trips throughout To donate to Alex’s epic RNLI challenge, visit www.bt.com/ the afternoon aboard the ‘Our Lilly’ RIB, and to Rock Island Line and DonateToLifeboats; and you can follow and support Alex on his Lewis Pipe Band for some superb entertainment. Facebook page at www.facebook.com/alexellisroswell And as always, a big thank you to our emergency services colleagues Open Day and Family 5K in the Fire Brigade and Coastguard who both put forward teams for the How to Help hotly contested Emergency Services v. Stornoway RNLI Tug o’War. To donate to the local lifesavers of Stornoway RNLI, or help raise Fundraiser The fi rst battle saw the Coastguard team ‘leathered’ by the Fire funds through an event, contact Stornoway Lifeboat Ladies Guild Brigade boys. Chair, Ellen MacDonald on 01851 702154, or Guild Treasurer A huge thank you to everyone who joined for Stornoway RNLI’s Open But it was the Fire Brigade who went down in fl ames when they Maggie MacLeod on 01851 705407. Day 2017, with sky-splitting sunshine on Saturday, July 22nd. took up to rope against Stornoway RNLI, with the lifeboat crew You can keep up to date with the RNLI charity at www.rnli.org.uk – Over 600 people enjoyed a tour around the ‘Tom Sanderson’ crowned winners. or why not ‘Like’ the Stornoway RNLI Facebook page to keep up with RNLI lifeboat, and over £5,000 was raised for the local lifesavers of There was no time for the Fire Brigade to stop and feel sorry for the local lifeboat boys at www.facebook.com, search ‘Stornoway Stornoway RNLI. themselves on the day however – as soon as they had lost, their RNLI’. 03/08/17 - 06/09/17 www.hebevents.com EVENTS SECTION TWO - Page B3

the linda norgrove foundation The deadly toll of car bomb attacks By Lorna Norgrove she received no reply, visited the bomb site and searched amongst the bodies and parts for sign of write this a day after yet another car bomb her brother, then visited the hospitals which were Iattack by the Taliban in Kabul. chaotic, but she could not fi nd him. They targeted an area in which the Hazara After hours and hours of unsuccessfully trying ethnic minority live close to the Afghan to access wards in the hospitals as a woman, she Government mining institute which is mostly eventually found her brother’s body. He had staffed by better educated, younger, ‘middle been alive when he reached the hospital but had class’ professionals. These are the Taliban’s lost lots of blood. Blood supplies were exhausted opponents – those from minorities, the educated and the progressives. and he died an hour before Razia came. She feels that, if she had managed to get there sooner, Unfortunately, it was also next to Zabul she might have been able to give her blood and University where seven of the ten medical he might have been saved. students whose study is sponsored by the Linda Norgrove Foundation. None were hurt and it was Razia’s family relied on her brother’s wages so encouraging for us to hear that, although 31 as a technician at the Canadian Embassy. Her civilians were killed outside and many injured father is paralysed on the left side, the mother is and there was no glass left in the front of the old and Razia earns less than $100 a month as a The Linda Norgrove building, that night the University reopened and part time school teacher, which is not enough to classes were resumed. provide food and shelter for a family of four. LNF Last month there was a particularly devastating have agreed to give $200 a month for six months Foundation 10K suicide lorry bomb near to the embassy sector to give the family some breathing space and to allow them to try and fi nd some way in which in a supposedly highly secure area which killed Still plenty of time to train for our annual 10K event which will be held on Saturday 30th over 150. they might be able to survive afterwards. September on the Valtos Peninsula. We hope you can join us there or that you will run, walk, One of our students who studies at the It’s a privilege for us that we are able to step cycle, or whatever takes your fancy wherever you happen to be on the day. All proceeds will Gawharshad Institute lost her brother. Hers was in at times like this and provide relatively small go towards helping women and children who have been affected by the decades of confl ict in a particularly harrowing story. After hearing the sums that are so vital for people who really do Afghanistan. huge explosion she phoned her brother but when need help.

Naidheachdan News from Comunn Eachdraidh Nis CEN Placenames Project Visit Scotland Ri thighinn aig CEN Coming up at CEN CEN’s placenames project open days have Souterrain dig exhibition been very successful and we want to thank launch everyone who has shared their knowledge at CEN with us. Friday 8th September Our last open day will be at CEN on Thursday Further details to follow 3rd August from 10am until 4pm where we will be looking at the villages of Adabrock, , and Cross Skigersta. Criomagan Port of Ness All the information gathered will go towards special edition out now a publication on the placenames of North £5.00 Lewis.

Remember, we are also going to produce Visit Scotland recently paid us a visit and booklets for each village in the CEN area. resulting from it, awarded CEN a 3 star award. These booklets will be a light hearted look We are extremely proud of this to say the Opening times reminder at people’s memories of growing up in these least! villages, characters you remember, shops, Archive room, museum and shop: unique traditions and of course, some popular The cafe has been awarded a ‘Taste Our Best’ photographs. certifi cate for striving to use local and Sco ish 10am - 4pm produce on the menu. Without our great staff These village booklets will be sold for CEN and our priceless volunteers, along with the Cafe: funds. community support we receive, neither award 11am until 4pm would have been possible. Ceud taing dhuibh Hot food served 12-2.30pm Contact us with your memories and/ uile. or images. We look forward to hearing Tea, coff ee and home baking served everyones diff erent recollections and all day sgeulachdan! Please note we are closed Saturdays

Comunn Eachdraidh Nis, Sgoil Chrois, , Ness [email protected] 01851 810 377 EVENTS SECTION TWO - Page B4 www.hebevents.com 03/08/17 - 06/09/17

Summer soups By John Dory

igh summer is a term which epitomises is Gazpacho, beloved of peasants and celebs Hthe best elements of summer. It is not alike and one of the easiest and tastiest " high a precise weather term but it encapsulates summer" dishes for any menu in a hot country in something inhabitants of the Northern summer. Gazpacho is often referred to as " the Hemisphere yearn for, although rarely salad soup" and is an excellent description of a experience, but is a guaranteed facet of soup that is full of the ripe fl avours of summer life in the Southern Hemisphere. Sparkling vegetables. Gazpacho comes originally from Andalusia in Southern Spain. It was considered sunshine, long days, barbecues, beach a peasant soup in the dim and distant past picnics, sunny music, easy eating are all part when it consisted of olive oil, garlic, whatever of the " high summer" scenario. vegetables were available, stale bread and It's not often that all the elements of the " high water. All the ingredients were pounded summer equation" come together in the Hebrides together, thrown into a pot and mixed and to give us a taste of something we regularly wish served cold. Most Gazpacho recipes include for but which comes along every 30 years or so. tomatoes, garlic, cucumber, peppers, olive oil, Remember the summer of 1976. However, we vinegar and stale bread. However, there are certainly enjoyed our version of " high summer" many versions of this soup, even within Spain, last month during the week of the HebCeltFest. so there is probably no defi nitive version. Chefs It was so hot during that special week that I was even argue as to whether the tomatoes should even served cold soup on one particularly hot be peeled and de-seeded or left whole and day. others argue that an onion is needed to give this Now, soup is always on our menu in the soup its traditional fl avour. The one thing that is islands but it is soup that warms you up and sets not in dispute is that Gazpacho was invented in Andalusia. Our P7s visited Glasgow and Edinburgh on their end of year School trip. you up to challenge the driving rain and wind Everyone had a great time. Here they are pictured at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. that we permanently live with. Cold soup? It's However, the origins of another internationally the antithesis of Hebridean soup which often famous summer soup are apparently in doubt, means lentil soup, Scotch broth or leek and according to some people. Vichyssoise is known potato soup, at all times of the year. However, the world over as a velvety summer soup. The there is such a thing as summer soup and name suggests that it originated in France and although we are not overly familiar with it, it is there is even a town in that country called Vichy. delicious, tasty and nutritional. There is also some evidence from old French Cold soup or summer soup has been a feature cookery books that a type of soup which uses the of the Mediterranean and Eastern European main ingredients in Vichyssoise was common in cuisine since time immemorial and is a natural France in the late 1860's. However, a French/ way to marry regional ingredients with intense American chef called Louis Diat laid claim to summer heat. In the blazing heat of the mid-day Vichyssoise in 1950. He was a chef in the Ritz summer sun in Spain, Portugal, Greece or other Carlton restaurant in New York who became southern countries, it is often easier to throw famous on account of his delicious version of the exquisitely fl avoured natural resources of this traditional soup. Wherever it came from, the land together without recourse to heating Vichyssoise is a delicious soup which is made or cooking food. The quality of the produce with leeks, potatoes, onions, butter, stock, cream such as tomatoes, cucumbers or peppers, with and full fat milk. Some chefs also add a splash a splash of olive oil, can produce a simple of white wine although this could be for effect but memorable feast without a Michelin chef rather than additional fl avour. present. This recipe for Gazpacho can be used in Probably the most famous of summer soups August if we get another blast of "high summer."

Our Gaelic Medium Primary 1 pupils recently made and sold bracelets to the rest of the pupils and staff in the School. The enterprising pupils raised £160 that they donated to Cancer Research UK. They are Gazpacho pictured handing the cheque to three of the charities organisers in the Western Isles.

Ingredients 100 g stale white bread. Cut into chunks and soak in Method cold water for 20 minutes. Mix the diced tomatoes, peppers, 1 kg ripe tomatoes, diced. cucumber, garlic and olive oil. 1 red bell pepper, deseeded and chopped Whizz in food processor till smooth. 1 green bell pepper as above. Squeeze the water out of the bread and add to 1 medium cucumber. contents of the liquidiser with the vinegar. 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped. More, if you Whizz again. prefer a stronger garlic fl avour. Season to taste. 150 ml olive oil. Put through a sieve. 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar. Chill overnight in the fridge. Salt and black pepper to taste. Our P7 pupils looking very smart before they took part in their Final Fling. This is a dinner and disco evening Serve with mint, parsley, chives or to celebrate their seventh and fi nal year in the School. It was very much enjoyed by all who attended. A big Chopped chives, parsley, mint to garnish. sliced olives to serve. thank you is extended to the parents of the P7 pupils who organised the evening, Mrs Duncan who cooked a lovely dinner, Mr Sineath the Disco King and Sandy Mackinnon for taking the pictures. 03/08/17 - 06/09/17 www.hebevents.com EVENTS SECTION TWO - Page B5

Seatrek fl agship, the Lochlann, an Interceptor 42 with Julie Brook's boat

A poem of remote life… Continued from page B1 the clouds lifted. others, along with supplies. Which tells you a lot about Julie and Particularly impressive is the narrow stone road up from the jetty, Meredith. They had already warmly welcomed a party of extremely well-engineered with embankments and stream-crossings. Ina told of wet Book Trust visitors to their sitting room, chatting enthusiastically how her elder sister had been daring enough to climb one of the few with everyone - now they were off down to the little slipway, paddling trees in one small adjoining valley…but she had not. She remembered out to unload their own boat offshore to make space, then setting off how people used to get to Ard Bheag from the Mealasta road end for Harris and bringing back their next party of visitors. This is art climbing up and over the hill. They never used the ‘monotonous’ but not as normally understood. This is the art of living, the art of route over the moors now followed by the Hamnaway track. hospitality, and the true art of life. And then, too soon, it was time to return. A welter of hugs and After she arrived, Ina told us all that when she was young, scarcely goodbyes, and pledges to return some time. Back to the Lochlann. a day went by when the little community of three houses did not Coffee, tea and biscuits were served on board. welcome visitors, from either sea or land, providing food, a welcome Back to sea. Going north, the boat was travelling with the swell. So and a bed as required. And there was always enough food for all the voyage was calmer. The sun came out, empowering the gleaming concerned. beaches of Mealasta Island. The sunshine revealed the textures of the Now the door is open and the hearth is warm again, as Julie vast cliffs at Mangersta and taunted us travellers with reminders of welcomes a modern-day stream of visitors. what the day at Ard Bheag could have been like. Blue skies spread from horizon to horizon. Also part of the community are some cats, kittens and a very sociable horse, all of whom were totally-at-ease with the attention Back into Miavaig. A great day. A great trip. from the visitors. And if someone prefers a cat from an exotic location, Heartfelt thanks to the Islands Book Trust, to SeaTrek, to Ina homes are being sought for the kittens once they are weaned. Macdonald, and to Julie Brook and her family. Once refuelled with coffee, tea and biscuits, the party headed out (And for the author, an utterly memorable day for his 63rd birthday to explore the remains of the blackhouses, the paths across the hills which concluded with an impromptu meal at Lochcroistean - thanks and to see some of the views as the weather started to improve and to Marianne and her team.) Revealing the history hidden in soil rras Eaglais na h-Aoidhe is using a grant involves using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Ufrom the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to and a Resistance Survey. The Resistance Survey carry out research this summer to understand will only provide information to a depth of 0.75m more about the archaeology of Eaglais na – 1.00m. However, GPR can give more detail h-Aoidhe and its Graveyard. about different layers and features to a depth of about 2.0m. 'Understanding Our Community's Past' is one part of a wider project called 'Building a Future Dr Susan Ovendon, one of the archaeological from the Past', which the Urras is developing. The consultants, explained that earth resistance surveys aim of this initiative is to develop an iconic tourist are particularly suited to locating stone structures, amenity to attract more visitors to Point. walls and rubble spreads, pits, ditches, and banks. The development is based around Eaglais na She also explained that a GPR survey is the best h-Aoidhe (St Columba’s Ui Church and Graveyard) technique for providing information on the depth which is a medieval Scheduled Ancient Monument and stratigraphy of a site. In GPR surveys pulses and one of the most important archaeological sites of electromagnetic energy are directed downwards on the Isle of Lewis. into the earth. The transmitted wave is affected by variations in the electrical properties in the The grant of £5,700 which HLF has awarded will subsurface, which are infl uenced by material type, specifi cally be used to enable research to be carried moisture content and pore fl uids. out in the Church and surrounding Graveyard. The objective is to identify the existence of any This project will begin on Monday 21 August doing archaeological research and fi nd out what and celebrate the results. buried grave slabs and other underground features and should be completed within two weeks. Pupils can be learned from these research methods. Later the Urras will produce a leafl et summarising and early structures which will lead to a greater from Sgoil an Rubha will have the opportunity to This important stage in the project will end the results. This will be freely available to the local understanding of the historical development visit while the survey is in progress and there will with an Evening Lecture at 7.30pm on Friday community and visitors to Bùth an Rubha and of the whole area. This will be done by Rose be an Open Day on Saturday 26 August, from 1 September in Ionad Stoodie. The project Eaglais na h-Aoidhe. We will also share the full Geophysical Consultants LLP of Orkney who are 10am to 4pm. archaeologists will talk about their research and report with all interested parties and everyone will specialist archaeological surveyors. Everyone is welcome to come along and see present their preliminary fi ndings – come along be able to read it on our website – www.uichurch. They will conduct a Geophysical Survey which what is happening, gain hands-on experience of and be the fi rst to fi nd out what has been learnt co.uk. Exhibition by artist Margarita new Hebridean Flowers and Landscape The inspiration for her work is the unique A (Fluraichean 's Fearran Innse Gall) Hebridean environment, the sea, land, birds exhibition is running at Talla na Mara in and wild fl owers leading to work in various Nisabost in West Harris throughout August. water based media, including pure watercolour , The exhibition features artwork by Harris-born acrylic, Indian Ink , mixed media, and Japanese artist Margarita Williams, a graduate of Glasgow woodblock printing. School of Art. Margarita was one of two Scottish artists A Gaelic speaker, she lives and works in her awarded the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Assoc/ home village, Quidinish in the Bays of Harris. France Residency in Collioure in 2014. EVENTS SECTION TWO - Page B6 www.hebevents.com 03/08/17 - 06/09/17 Events in Stornoway and East Lewis

ADULT EDUCATION Wednesdays (last of the month): Book Club, Fridays: 7.30pm – 11pm drop in open to all 12 – mation: James Mackenzie, 07983718316 7-9pm, Back Football and Recreation Club, check 25 years old. Pointers Drop in Centre, North Beach Tuesdays: Stornoway Running Club, 6pm, Running Monday-Friday: Adult Literacy Classes, Western our website to fi nd out this month’s book www. Street. For more information: 01851 822713 Isles Learning Shop, Town Hall. Free, fl exible, Track junior session. An opportunity to get fi t and backfrc.org.uk £2.50. Books are normally provided Fridays: Youth Drop-in (14+), 8-10pm, Aird confi dential help with reading, writing, general stay fi t, running or jogging with other people. All through the library’s reading group scheme. Community Centre. For more information contact confi dence, preparing for interviews, homework abilities welcome. For more information contact Wednesdays (usually second of the month): Erica Campbell: 01851 707816. and learning English as a second language. Later Seumas Mactaggart, 07766654449 Stornoway Library Writer's Group, 6pm, Stornoway Fridays (term time): 1.30 – 4pm drop in open to all opening hours 7-9pm on Monday. For more Wednesdays: Island Archers, 7-9pm, Back Football Library. Contact 01851 822744 for further details. 12 – 25 years old. Pointers Drop in Centre, North information: 01851 822718 and Recreation Club. £5 adult £2 junior. Want Wednesdays (1st of the month): Stornoway Beach Street. For more information: 01851 822713 to try archery? Equipment and friendly coaching ART & CRAFTS Quilters, Cuibhrigean Eilean Leodhais. 7.30pm - Saturdays (fi rst of every month): 12noon – 4pm provided to all ages and abilities. For further Thursdays: Knitters on the Edge, 11am till 1pm, 9.30pm, Grianan, Westview Terrace, Stornoway Pointers Young Carers – junior group for Primary 4 information contact Stuart Oakley: 01851 643204; at Wool4Ewe, on Church Street. Local knitters Wednesdays (1st of the month): RAF Association to Primary 7. For more information: 01851 822713 [email protected]; www.islandarchers.org and holidaying knitters welcome, just bring your Stornoway branch, 7.30pm, Masonic Lodge, Kenneth Saturdays: 1.30pm – 5pm drop in open to all 12 – knitting and a sense of humour! More info on our Street, Stornoway. Call 810153 for further details 25 years old. Pointers Drop in Centre, North Beach Wednesdays: Healthy Weighs, 5-6pm, Lewis Sports Facebook page Knitters on the Edge. Tel: 01851 Wednesdays: Pointers Drop in Centre, 4pm – 6pm Street. For more information: 01851 822713 Centre. Do you want some help to lose weight, get 700959 Email: [email protected] fi tter and feel healthier? This is a six-week rolling drop in open to all 12 to 25 years old. Saturdays: Kids Club, 3.30-6pm, Newton CHURCHES Fridays: 7.30pm – 11pm drop in open to all 12 – Community Centre, Seaforth Road. Baha’i Youth programme run by a registered dietician and a 25 years old. Pointers Drop in Centre, North Beach and Children Group, now in its fourteenth year. personal trainer. For more information: 01851 Tuesdays: High Free Church Stornoway, English Street. For more information: 01851 822713 Term-time only. For more information contact 822800 prayer and study, 7.30pm, Retirement Centre, Mina Sheppard: [email protected] Bayhead. Saturdays (last of the month): Salvation Army Thursdays: NHS Western Isles' 'Walk on Hebrides' Coffee & Sale, 2-4pm, The Salvation Army Saturdays: Pairc Junior Youth Club, 6.30-8.30pm, led Health Walk. Every Thursday at 3.45pm from Wednesdays: Salvation Army Stornoway Corps, Stornoway Corps Pairc School Porters Lodge (beside the Golf Club). A Health Bible Study, 12-1pm, 59 Bayhead. 01851 703875 Saturdays: 1.30pm – 5pm drop in open to all 12 – Walk is a short, social, low level led walk that Wednesdays: High Free Church Stornoway, Prayer 25 years old. Pointers Drop in Centre, North Beach FAMILY can be adapted to suite the needs of the walkers. meeting, 7.30pm, Matheson Road church. Street. For more information: 01851 822713 Mondays: Family Fun Night. Games, movies, Health Walks are free and can be 10 to 60 minutes Thursdays: Associated Presbyterian Church, Saturdays (second of the month): Stornoway jokes, snacks. For all ages. Everyone invited. Make long. For more info contact Karen: 762016 or Service, 7.30pm, APC, 72 Keith Street Currency Club, 7pm, Lodge Fortress, Kenneth some new friends too. 7.30pm, 8 Newton Street, email: [email protected] Thursdays: St Columba’s Church of Scotland, Street, Stornoway. For anyone interested in fi nding The Church of Latter Days Saints. 01851 706405 Thursdays: Bridge Community Centre, Prayer and Bible study meeting, 7.30pm, Lewis out more about investing in stocks and shares. See FOOD AND DRINK Hustle class, 6:30-7:15pm. For more information: Street, Stornoway www.proshareinvestmentclubs.co.uk Wednesdays: Failte Café, 11am-2pm, Pointers, www.bridgecommunitycentre.co.uk Thursdays: High Free Church, Stornoway, Gaelic 14-16 North Beach Street, all welcome. Serving a prayer and study, 7.30pm, Retirement Centre, CLUBS (U16/18) Thursdays: Come and try session, 6.30pm at range of beverages, toast and baking in a friendly, Bayhead. Tuesdays: Beavers, a fun club for 6-8 year-olds. Stornoway Bowling Club, Bayhead, Stornoway 6.30-7.30pm, Stornoway Scout Hall, Keith Street. relaxed environment. Take-away available. Call Saturdays: High Free Church Stornoway, English Thursdays: Darts Youth Academy, 6.30-7.30pm, See www.scouts.org.uk/beavers/ for more Melissa on 07795978307 for more information. prayer meeting,7.30pm Retirement Centre, Back Football and Recreation Club. £2, open to information Bayhead. GAELIC anyone interested in darts - aimed at ages 9-18. Tuesdays: Point Girls Club, 7.30-9pm, Sgoil an Sundays: Associated Presbyterian Church, Fridays: Rionnagan Beaga, 10.15-11.45am, Young (Term time only) For more info visit www.backfrc. Rubha Services, 11am and 6.30pm, APC, 72 Keith Street Musicians Hebrides, Bells Road, near Tesco. Learn org.uk or contact Terri on 820745 Tuesdays: Boys’ Brigade Anchors and Juniors (ages Sundays: Salvation Army Stornoway Corps, Prayer Gaelic through songs and play - for children Thursdays: Indoor Bowls, 7.30-9.30pm, Back 5 to 10), 6.00-7.00pm, St Columba’s New Church Meeting, 10-10.30am, 59 Bayhead. 01851 703875 age 0 to 5. All young children, whatever their Football and Recreation Club. For more info visit Hall, Lewis Street, Stornoway level of Gaelic, welcome with their parents and Sundays: Salvation Army Stornoway Corps, Sunday www.backfrc.org.uk or contact Terri on 820745 Tuesdays: Bridge Community Centre P5&6 grandparents. School, 1pm-3pm, 59 Bayhead. 01851 703875 (October-March only) Club night, 6-8pm, Bridge Community Centre, Fridays: Cearcall Comhraidh Gaelic Conversation Sundays: Salvation Army Stornoway Corps, Thursdays: Jogscotland, group jogging. Thursday Stornoway. For more information: www. Circle at the Retirement Centre Bayhead, all Service, 11am-12pm, 59 Bayhead. 01851 703875 bridgecommunitycentre.co.uk welcome. 4.30-6pm. Use and build on your 5.45-6.30pm, Lewis Sports Centre Sundays: Stornoway Baptist Church, Gospel Tuesdays: Bridge Community Centre Secondary Gaelic vocabulary in a supportive environment. Thursdays: Stornoway Running Club, senior Preaching Service, 6-7pm, 60 Seaforth Road. All Club night, 8-9.30pm, Bridge Community For more information, call Maggie 07554665549 session, 5.30pm, Smith Avenue changing rooms questions from “Is there a God?” to “What am I Centre, Stornoway. For more information: www. (winter)/Porter’s Lodge (summer). An opportunity here for?” answered. Surprise yourself and come! bridgecommunitycentre.co.uk HEALTH & FITNESS to get fi t and stay fi t, running or jogging with For more information: 01851 704770 Tuesdays: Pairc Senior Youth Club, 7.30-9.30pm, Mondays: Back Primary Football Development other people. For more information contact James Sundays: St Columba’s Church of Scotland, Pairc School Club, 5.45-6.45pm ages P2-P4, and 6.45-8pm Mackenzie, 07983718316 Worship, Crèche, Sunday-school & Bible Class, ages P5-P7 (Term time only) at Back football and Wednesdays: Pointers Drop in Centre, 4pm – 6pm Thursdays: Westside Yoga, 5.30-7pm and 7.15- 11.00am, Worship, 6.30pm, Lewis Street, drop in open to all 12 to 25 years old. recreation club. Our aim is to encourage as many Stornoway children as possible in the Broadbay area to learn 8.45pm, Stornoway Masonic Hall Tuesdays: 3:45pm – 6pm Pointers Young Carers – Sundays: St. Peter’s Scottish Episcopal Church, football skills and life lessons through sport whilst Fridays: Jogscotland, group jogging, 12.45- Senior group for Secondary 1 to Secondary 6. For improving their fi tness and general health. Services: 11am Eucharist Service; 7pm Evensong. more information: 01851 822713 1.30pm, Lewis Sports Centre All are welcome! Our church is open every day for Mondays: Keep Fit, 7pm, Back Football and Fridays: Lunchtime Walking Club, Fridays quiet prayer. Francis Street, Stornoway Tuesdays: Beavers, a fun club for 5-8 year-olds, Recreation Club. The class is suitable for anyone at midday. This new social group is open to 6-7.30pm, Tigh Ceilidh, Gravir. (Term-time only) over the age of 16 and the range of activities on offer Sundays: High Free Church, Gaelic and English anyone who would like to get a bit more gentle For more information: 01851 880437 will be adaptable for all levels of fi tness, whether services, 11.00am and 6.30pm, Sunday School exercise. Why not join us for a gentle stroll on the Wednesdays: Bridge Community Centre P4 you are a fi rst timer or an expert.. £4. (Please check (P1 – S3) and crèche meet during morning service. beach followed by a warming soup back in the Stornoway Primary school, Jamieson Drive Club night, 6.30-8.30pm, Bridge Community our website for up to date information on class Centre, Stornoway. For more information: www. dates www.backfrc.org.uk) community centre. Meet in the Back community Sundays (last of the month): Martin’s Memorial bridgecommunitycentre.co.uk centre for a prompt departure at midday. (Soup Church, Praise and Testimony service, 6.30pm. 11 Mondays: Scottish Slimmers, 6.30pm, Caladh Wednesdays: Girls’ Brigade. Explorers: 6.30- £1.50, walk is free). Francis Street, Stornoway. A warm welcome awaits Inn, Stornoway. Call 0800 362636 or visit www. 7.30pm. Juniors: 6.30-8pm. Brigaders: 6.30-8pm. you! Tel: 01851 700820 scottishslimmers.com Saturdays: Stornoway Running and Athletics St Columba’s New Church Hall, Lewis Street, Mondays: Leisure Running Group, Stornoway Club, junior sessions, 10.30am–12-noon, Porters Stornoway CLUBS/GROUPS (ADULT) Running Club, 6pm, Running Track. An opportunity Lodge (winter) and running track (summer). For Tuesdays (fi rst of the month): Stornoway Thursdays: Pointers U-16s group, 7-9pm, Pointers, to get fi t and stay fi t, running or jogging with other more information contact Seumas Mactaggart, Astronomical Society. Please see our website Stornoway people. All abilities welcome. For more infor- 07766654449 www.stornowayastra.org for details of our regular Fridays: Junior Club at the Salvation Army Stornoway lectures and observing sessions with times and Corps, 6-7.30pm, 59 Bayhead. 01851 703875 Although at EVENTS we try our best to get all up-and-coming events in the paper, venues etc. Beginners always welcome. Fridays: Bridge Community Centre P7 Club night. it’s a challenge as EVENTS is only a monthly paper! For all the latest events Tuesdays: Stornoway Bridge Club, 7pm, Stornoway 7–9pm, Bridge Community Centre, Stornoway. For happening in Stornoway and East Lewis, go to www.welovestornoway.com and Golf Club. Meet for Bridge, chat, competitions and more information: www.bridgecommunitycentre. click on ‘Events’. cheer. co.uk Send us your events. LISTINGS ARE FREE! E-mail to [email protected] or ring 01851 705749 03/08/17 - 06/09/17 www.hebevents.com EVENTS SECTION TWO - Page B7 Events in Stornoway and East Lewis (continued) Events in West Lewis

Fridays: Rionnagan Beaga, 10.15-11.45am, Young MEDIA ART & CRAFTS Wednesdays: All Sorts Activities Club, 1pm to 3pm, Musicians Hebrides, Bells Road, near Tesco. Learn Bernera Community Centre. All ages welcome to Mondays: Digi-Heb, the Bridge Centre, Bayhead. Gaelic through songs and play - for children Wednesdays: Creative reawakening open studio come along for a cuppa and chat, board games, Aspiring actors, actresses, fi lmmakers and writers age 0 to 5. All young children, whatever their sessions, 10.30am-3.30pm, 4pm Blue Pig Studio, snooker and other activities, new ideas welcome. welcome. Free level of Gaelic, welcome with their parents and 11 Upper Carloway. Develop your own artwork MUSIC & DANCE grandparents. in a peaceful, mutually supportive atmosphere. GAELIC Coffee followed by exploration of group agreed Mondays: Gaelic Group, 10am, Uig Community Mondays: MiLC Piping School, 7-9pm, SOCIAL themes. Soup lunch. £10. To book a place: 01851 Hall. All levels and all ages welcome. Tel. 704241 Tuesdays (fi rst of the month): Dementia Friendly 643225 Centre or email [email protected] Café Stornoway, 11am-1pm, Alzheimer Scotland Thursdays: Art club, 10am, Uig Community Centre GAMES Thursdays: Studio 7, Young Musicians Hebrides, Resource Centre, 18 Bells Road. For more Saturdays: Kids’ art club, 10am, Uig Community from 7pm. Are you under 18? Interested in being information phone the Alzheimer Scotland Saturdays: Bingo, 9pm, Ness Social Club, Lionel. Centre in a band? Or being a solo performer? Are you in Dementia Resource Centre, Stornoway on 01851 For more information: 01851 810421 a band and want to develop your potential? YMH 870418 or email [email protected] CATERING Studio 7 is OPEN. Contact [email protected] HEALTH & FITNESS Tuesdays: Lunch Club at the Salvation Army Sundays: Pol’s Pantry, opening for the season Mondays: Piping School, 6.30pm, Lewis Mondays: Westside Runners & Fitness Club - Stornoway Corps, 12-1pm, 59 Bayhead. on Easter Sunday, 16th April, 12 noon to 9pm, Retirement Centre, Stornoway. Open to all, Ladies keep fi t classes, 6pm, and 01851 703875 Leumadair Gueshouse, 7A (just off the under instruction of the excellent leading piper Community Centre. Thursdays: Lunch Club at the Salvation Army main road). Teas, coffees, home baking and light Larry Ferguson, students will learn the basics of Stornoway Corps, 12-1pm, 59 Bayhead. lunches, contact: 01851 621706 Mondays: Chair Aerobics, 11am, Sporsnis, Habost, the chanter and a wide range of traditional Scots 01851 703875 Ness. Call: 01851 810039 tunes. For more information: 01851 704241. Thursdays: Home League at the Salvation Army CHURCHES Tuesdays: Ladies Circuits, 7-8pm, Spòrsnis, Mondays (second of every month): Singing Group, Stornoway Corps, 2-3pm, 59 Bayhead. 01851 Sundays: Family Service (English) at Ness Church Habost, Ness. Call: 01851 810039 1pm to 2.30pm, Grianan, Westview Terrace. Chat, 703875 of Scotland, Cross, Ness. 11am. Crèche available. Wednesdays: Westside Runners & Fitness Club – refreshments and group singalong with musicians English Service, 6pm. All welcome. and singers. For information please contact:- Fridays: Breakfast Club at the Salvation Army Junior & adults sessions, 7pm, Barvas and Brue Ellie Donnelly Tel:- 07500-762-041 / Email:- Stornoway Corps, 8-11am, 59 Bayhead. 01851 Sundays: Gaidhlig Service at Uig Church of Community Centre. Adults meet at 7pm at the [email protected] 703875. Donation at the door. All welcome! Scotland, Miavaig, Uig. 6pm entrance to Barvas machair for all abilities run / Tuesdays: Stornoway Singers, 8pm, St Columba’s Fridays: Cream teas served every Friday, St Peter's Sundays: St. Moluag’s Scottish Episcopal Church, jog sessions and training Old Parish Church Hall, Lewis Street. Come and Church, Francis Street, 12-3pm. All welcome Eoropaidh, April to September: Eucharist, 2nd Wednesdays: Masters Football, 8.15-9.15pm, give it a go. For more information: 07938590767 and 4th Sunday of the month, 3pm. Compline, Spòrsnis, Habost, Ness. Call: 01851 810039 SUPPORT every alternate Wednesday, 8pm. Other services as / 01851 706521 Wednesdays: Ladies’ Keep Fit class, 8pm, upstairs Every day: Phone or email 24/7. Free call from announced. All welcome. Wednesdays: Dannsa Eileanach, 7-9pm, Stornoway in the hall. All welcome! landline or mobile: 116123. Samaritans of the Primary School gym. Ceilidh dancing sessions. Western Isles, 87 Cromwell Street, Stornoway, HS1 CLUBS/GROUPS (ADULT) Thursdays: Adult swimming session, 8-9pm, Lionel Open to all. For more information: 01851 704870 2DG. Email: [email protected] / or write to Chris, Wednesdays: Cairdeas, 1.30-3.30pm, Uig School, Lionel, Ness. Fridays: Live music and Song at the Bayhead P.O. Box 90 90, Stirling, FK8 2SA Community Centre. An informal get-together club Thursdays: Scottish Slimmers, 6.30pm, Barvas and Retirement Centre, Community Room. All welcome. Mondays (second Monday of month): Autism/ for the over 60s Tea and coffee served. 6-9pm. £3. For more Brue Community Centre. Call 0800 362636 or Aspergers Support Group, 12-noon, Newton Com- information, phone Maggie on 07554 665 549. CLUBS/GROUPS (U16/18) visit www.scottishslimmers.com munity Association, Seaforth Road, Stornoway. We PARENT & CHILD welcome all those who have an interest in Autism Mondays: Army Cadets, for ages 12-16, 7pm, HORTICULTURE and Aspergers, e.g. people affected by the condition, Barvas and Brue Community Centre. New recruits Tuesdays (fi rst of the month): 10am-12noon: Mondays (second of the month): Carloway and family and carers. Teas and coffees served after welcome! Nappucino, Bridge Centre Cafe. Drop in for a Breasclete Gardeners Club, 7.30pm, Breasclete/ meeting. Contact [email protected] Mondays (term-time): Carloway Youth Club Junior free cuppa and a chat about cloth nappies. Hire Carloway Community Centre (alternating between Club, 7–8pm, Carloway Community Centre a nappy kit or simply share experiences with Tuesdays and Thursdays: Baby Bank open for Breasclete and Carloway). For more information: other cloth nappy users, and enjoy some cake. collection of good quality second hand baby Tuesdays and Thursdays: Bernera Indoor Bowling Kirsty – 01851 643497 clothes and equipment, which will be available Club, 1.45pm to 4pm in Bernera Community www.nappynetwork.org.uk Wednesdays (second of the month): Gardening free of charge to any parent to help with the cost Centre playing short mat bowls. New members Tuesdays: 10:30am – 12noon. Pointers Young Club, 7.30pm, Carloway Community Centre. of having a baby. 10am – 12pm, The Salvation and visitors welcome, bowls are available for use. Mums Group – open to all mums up to 25 years Everyone welcome. For more information: 01851 Army Centre, 59 Bayhead, HS1 2DZ. Tel: 01851 old and their children. Pointers Drop in Centre, Wednesdays 1pm to 3pm: All Sorts Social Club in 703875 840743 North Beach Street. For more information: 01851 Bernera Community Centre. Come along for a chat, 822713 Thursdays (last of the month): Parkinson’s cuppa, cake and indoor activities, new members MUSIC & DANCE Hebrides Support Group meet at Lewis Retirement welcome and local transport can be arranged. Tuesdays: Parent and Toddler group, 1-3pm, MA Mondays: Guitar class with Catriona Mackay, Centre, Bayhead, 2.30pm-4.30pm. Contact Angus Macleod Memorial Hall, Stornoway Free Church, Fridays: Youth Café, 7pm, Barvas and Brue 6-7pm, £4 per class, Gaelic Singing class with Macleod on 01851 870976 or at angus34@live. Kenneth Street. Open to babies and children under Community Centre Ceitlin Smith, 7-8pm, £4 per class, Primary co.uk for more information. Tea and coffee served. fi ve. Come along for a chat and a cuppa while the Fridays: Junior Youth Club, 7-9pm Bernera Folk Group with Catriona Mackay, 7-8pm, kids play. Everyone welcome. AUGUST Community Centre £4 per class,Taigh Dhonnchaidh, Habost, Tuesdays and Thursdays: Baby Bank open for Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland: Cardiac Patient/ Saturdays: Kids’ art club, 10am, Uig Community Ness. For more information: 01851 810166; collection of good quality second hand baby Carer Support Group: Wednesday 16th August, Centre oifi [email protected] clothes and equipment, which will be available 2-3.30pm, Ionad Stoodie, Point. Taster session Carloway Youth Club Tuesdays: Melodeon (P1 – P3) with Mary Duff, free of charge to any parent to help with the cost Saturdays (term-time): with Walter Ford involving moving meditation, 7-7.30pm, £2 per class, Melodeon with Mary Duff of having a baby. 10am – 12pm, The Salvation Senior Club, 7–9pm Carloway Community Centre coordinating slow fl owing movement, self- and Catriona Mackay, 7.30-8.30pm, £4 per class, Army Centre, 59 Bayhead, HS1 2DZ. Tel: 01851 massage, deep rhythmic breathing and calm ENVIRONMENT 703875 Piano Accordion with Ashleigh NicDomhnail, meditative state of mind. Refreshments provided. Saturdays (fi rst of the month- March to October): 6-7pm, £4 per class Taigh Dhonnchaidh, Habost, Wednesdays (term time): Bookbug Sessions, All most welcome. Green Gym, 10am-12pm, Eoropie Dunes Play Ness. For more information: 01851 810166; oifi s@ 11am, Stornoway Library. A free story, song and Bernera Iron Age House and Museum: Park. Volunteer to help maintain the Park whilst taighdhonnchaidh.com. rhyme sessions for babies, toddlers, pre-school Open throughout August on Saturdays from keeping fi t at the same time. These events are children and their families. Please contact the Wednesdays: Ceilidh Dancing, 8pm, 12noon to 4pm, as well as normal opening free and open to all - young and old, with tea/ library to confi rm sessions, 01851 822744 Old School Centre. For more information: 01851 Monday to Friday at the same times. For further coffee/juice served after each event. For more 70 4870 Wednesdays: Bosom Buddies, 10am-12pm, information call 01851 612331 or email information: e-mail Joanne – [email protected] Retirement Centre, Bayhead, Stornoway. Your [email protected]. or call 01851 810357 Wednesdays: Highland Dancing (Pre-school) with local breastfeeding support group, with a midwife Claire Wilson, 6-6.30pm, £2 per class, Highland to help, and a cup of tea. SEPTEMBER FAMILY Dancing (Beginners), 6.30-7pm, £2 per class, Thursdays: Parent and Toddler Group, 9.45am- Stornoway Astronomical Society Talk: Tuesday Monday–Saturday: Spòrsnis Ten Pin Bowling Highland Dancing (Novice), 7-8pm, £4 per class, 11.45am, MA Macleod Memorial Hall, Stornoway 5 September Donny Mackay BA, BSc, FBRS, Alley, 12–9pm (although later nights can be ac- Piping (Advanced) with Calum Murdo Maclean, Free Church, Kenneth Street. Open to babies and “Cassini at Saturn”, 7.30 pm Stornoway Library commodated), Spòrsnis, Habost, Ness. A game for 7.30-8.30pm, £4, Taigh Dhonnchaidh, Habost, children under fi ve. Come along for a chat and a Cromwell Street, Stornoway (admission free). a family of four usually lasts about 30-45 minutes. Ness. For more information: 01851 810166; oifi s@ cuppa while the kids play. Everyone welcome www.stornowayastro.org To book, call: 01851 810039 taighdhonnchaidh.com Send us your events. LISTINGS ARE FREE! E-mail to [email protected] or ring 01851 705749 EVENTS SECTION TWO - Page B8 www.hebevents.com 03/08/17 - 06/09/17 Events in West Lewis (continued)

Thursdays: Keyboard class, 5-6pm, £3, Taigh Thursdays (fi rst of every month): Young at Heart Dhonnchaidh, Habost, Ness. For more information: Club, Clan MacQuarrie Centre, Borve, 2pm - 4pm. 01851 810166; oifi [email protected] Thursdays: Grinneabhat Coffee Mornings at the Fridays: Chanter with Calum Murdo Maclean, former School. Come for tea, coffee, baking 6.15-7.15pm, £4 per class, Taigh Dhonnchaidh, and good company, 11-12pm Habost, Ness. For more information: 01851 Thursdays (second of every month): Dementia 810166; oifi [email protected] Friendly Cafè Carloway, Carloway Day Centre, Saturdays (fi rst of the month): Traditional Music 2pm -3.30pm. For more information phone the sessions, 8–11.30pm, Barvas and Brue Community Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Resource Centre, Centre. Bodhran, Whistle, Guitar, Melodeon etc. 18 Bells Road, Stornoway on 01851 70 2123 or For more information: 01851 840743 email [email protected] PARENT & CHILD Thursdays (fi rst of every month): Young at Heart Club, Clan MacQuarrie Centre, Borve, 2pm-4pm. Tuesdays: Parent and Toddler Group (Pàrant is Pàiste), 10am-12noon, £1 per child, Grinneabhat, Fridays (fi rst of every month): Dementia Friendly Sean Sgoil Bhràdhagair. Contact Lucia: 07974 Cafè Ness, Clan MacQuarrie Centre, Borve, 1.30- 659570 or Euan: 01851 710210 3pm. For more information phone the Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Resource Centre, 18 Bells Wednesdays: Parent & Toddler group, Clan Road, Stornoway on 01851 70 2123 or email MacQuarrie Centre, Borve, 1.30pm-3pm. Sue and Kevin Long [email protected] Wednesdays: Borve Parent & Toddler Group, 1.30pm-3pm, Sgoil Araich Airidhantuim AUGUST Wednesdays: Top Tots Parent & Toddler Group, Freshwater Fishing Competition: Club welcomes 2–3.30pm, Carloway Free Church Hall. Contact Monday 7th August, registration 10am at Bernera Chrisann: 07766157015 Community Centre, weigh in at 5pm. Entry Adults £5 per rod, Under 16's £3 per rod. Food available SOCIAL in the cafe from noon and after the competition. Wednesdays: Weekly Carloway Sunshine Club, 1.30- 3.30pm, Carloway Day Centre. For all aged 60+; cars SEPTEMBER new members will collect. Speakers, crafts, chat and a cup of tea. Linda Norgrove Foundation 10K: Saturday 30th For more information or to book: 01851 643382 September 2017. he Rotary Club of Stornoway has been Tdelighted to welcome three new members recently. Events in Harris Transferring to Stornoway Rotary from Southport Meols Rotary Club are husband and wife Sue and Kevin Long. Sue and Kevin have moved to Lewis Lead for the Rural General Hospital project of the having recently purchased the Halfway Garage and National Rural Steering Group, and was part of the are busy making plans for its renovation. ARTS AND CRAFTS AUGUST NHS Western Isles involvement in fi ve European The Harris Tapestry: Upstairs in An Clachan, Wednesday August 2: Mobile Post Offi ce – Sue is immediate Past President of Southport Union Northern Periphery Programme projects. Meols Rotary Club and both she and Kevin are Leverburgh (Stair-lift available). 9.00am – 6.00pm, Drinishader – 11am-12pm “NHS Western Isles was a partner in two of looking forward to being members of Stornoway Monday to Thursday, 9.00am – 7.00pm Friday and these projects – ‘Sustainable Health Networks in Wednesday August 2: Ceilidh Dancing – Harris Rotary, playing a full and active role in the Club. Saturday. Free Entry. Leafl ets and postcards for sale. Rural Areas’ and ‘Ambulance Transport Services Hotel – 7pm Showing her commitment to her new Club, Sue in Rural Areas’ – as well as the Scottish National has already accepted the role of Youth Chair at Thursday August 3: Live Music – Harris Hotel – Coordinator in ‘Cooperation for Safety in Sparsely FILM Stornoway Rotary. Hebfl icks fi lm club: Tuesdays (once a month) 8-10pm Populated Areas’ and the Lead Partner in ‘Recruit Also joined the Stornoway Rotary Club ranks and Retain’.” Friday August 4: Ceilidh – Scalpay Community 6.30pm Tarbert Library. Contact 01859 502971 for is retired surgeon Andrew Sim. Mr Sim is well After retiring from clinical practice in 2011, further details. Centre – 9pm known in the Western Isles following a number of Andrew returned to the United Arab Emirates as years working in, and enhancing, the isles’ medical Tuesday August 8: We Dance (All welcome) – Bays an Adviser to the UAE Minister of Health. He HEALTH AND FITNESS services. In November 1998 Andrew, aged 50, Community Centre – 7.30pm had previously worked as Foundation Professor Scottish Slimmers: Every Wednesday 6pm, Tarbert swapped the heat and humidity of Malaysia, Wednesday August 9: Mobile Post Offi ce – of Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Community Centre. where he was Foundation Professor of Surgery Sciences of UAE University. Drinishader – 11am-12pm and Anaesthesia in the Asean Sheffi eld Medical Pilates: Every Thursday, 9.45–11.00am, North After fi ve years in the ever-present sun of Harris. Pilates Matwork. Prior booking essential. Wednesday August 9: Ceilidh Dancing – Harris College, for the colder, clearer air of the Outer Hotel – 7pm Hebrides. Dubai, working on hospital performance indicator Phone: Peggy Briggs on 01859 502376. measurement and playing lots of golf, Andrew With the initial thought of being a locum email: [email protected]. website: Thursday August 10: Live Music – Harris Hotel – returned to the Western Isles last summer. mikeandpeggybriggs.co.uk. 8-10pm consultant surgeon in Western Isles Hospital for a short stop-gap, the move to Lewis proved instead to He, and his wife Jackie and two dogs, now live MUSIC AND DANCE Wednesday August 16: Ceilidh Dancing – Harris be a game changer and the start of a new lifestyle in Achmore. The couple have three children, two Hotel – 7pm and career – that of rural general hospital surgeon. have medical careers – one as a general practitioner Ceilidh Dancing: Every Wednesday 7.30-9.30pm, in Aberdeenshire and the other as a neurosurgical Thursday August 17: Harris Voluntary Service “At the time the Scottish Executive Health Harris Hotel, Tarbert. nursing sister in Sheffi eld – and the third is a AGM – Tarbert CC – 7pm Department had invested £8 million in the three freelance specialist in examinations for English as Choir Singing: Harris Choir (Coisir Eilean na year project ‘Remote and Rural Area Resource Thursday August 17: Live Music – Harris Hotel – a second language. Hearadh). Every Thursday 7.30pm, based on Initiative (RARAI),” said Andrew. “I became 8-10pm 'school term dates', in Sir E Scott School Staff the RARAI Surgical Educational Facilitator, and In other Stornoway Rotary news, Club members Room. New members welcome; no audition; visit Saturday August 26: Crossroads Coffee Morning/ ran a project cataloguing surgical operations in are getting excited about progress on the new us just to listen! Contact John Masterson (Secretary) Lunch – Tarbert CC – 11am Scotland’s rural general hospitals.” Friends of The Nicolson trust fund. Established to support pupils of The Nicolson Institute attending 07788 940222, 01859 530463. Mr Sim served on a number of national working Wednesday August 30: Mobile Post Offi ce – events or training on the mainland, the charitable groups, exploring ways of delivering healthcare to Drinishader – 11am-12pm trust will seek small regular donations from former PARENT AND CHILD people in remote and isolated areas of Scotland; Thursday August 31: Musical Memories – Nicolson pupils to help the next generation achieve Obbe Parant is Paiste: Every Monday, 9.30-11am, and for three years (2003-2006), was NHS Western success. Leverburgh. A new Gaelic parent and toddler group. Leverburgh Care Home – 2-30pm Isles Medical Director for Hospital Services. It is hoped to launch the Friends of The Information about the group and enrolment process Thursday August 31: Live Music – Harris Hotel – Andrew was also appointed to the NHS Western Nicolson fund later this summer – keep an eye can be found on www.obbeparantispaiste.com. 8-10pm Isles and UHI Chair of Remote and Rural Medicine out on local press for more details, or email info@ in 2005 and held the post until he retired from NHS stornowayrotary.org. Western Isles in 2011. And you can fi nd out more and keep up to date He expanded: “During this six year period, along Send us your events. LISTINGS ARE FREE! E-mail with The Rotary Club of Stornoway at the website with clinical and administrative commitments, www.stornowayrotary.org, or on Facebook at www. I published articles, lectured and gave tutorials to [email protected] or ring 01851 705749 facebook.com/StornowayRotary. on remote and rural medicine, was the Clinical 03/08/17 - 06/09/17 www.hebevents.com EVENTS SECTION TWO - Page B9 New books at Western Isles Libraries

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MINTO, Jenni Islay voices In this searing, provocative and deeply personal memoir, the CUNNINGHAM, Sean Prince Arthur : the Tudor king who never was bestselling author of Do No Harm fi nds new purpose in his own MUSTAFA, Nujeen The girl from Aleppo : Nujeen's esape from war to freedom life as he approaches the end of his professional career, and a fresh understanding of what matters to us all in the end. !" FEDERMAN, Adam Fasting and feasting: the life of visionary food writer Patience Gray Don’t forget to look at our eBooks and eAudio LOCAL HISTORY titles as well – new titles are added every month RANDALL, John The historic shielings of Pairc Search the library catalogue online – WHITEFORD, Ali An Enormous Reckless Blunder: The Story of the Lewis Chemi- cal Works www.cne-siar.gov.uk/library SCHERR, Tony A history of Borve Lodge           G

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Morag Macleod Mairi MacInnes he 2017 Blas Festival is coming to Scalpay, Lewis and North initiative. TUist for the fi rst time between 1 and 9 September to celebrate Glenfi nnan fi ddler, Iain MacFarlane, will be joined by ex-Altan the best of Gaelic culture and particular landmarks in the lives of box player Dermot Byrne and Breabach’s Ewan Robertson at the Clan people pivotal to Gaelic culture. MacQuarrie Centre in Borgh on Lewis on Thursday 7 September. On Friday 1 September in Scalpay, Blas will celebrate Morag Uist-born Gaelic singer Mairi Macinnes will share the bill along MacLeod’s contribution to Gaelic culture with a special 80th birthday with the Ness Melodeon Band and young musicians from Fèis Taigh Cèilidh featuring her choice of singers and musicians. Dhonnchaidh in what should be a cracking evening of Gaelic song and Morag received the Hamish Henderson Award for Services to music. Traditional Music at the Scots Traditional Music Awards in 2007 having The fi nal evening in the Western Isles will mark the lifelong contribution had a long career collecting and cataloguing Gaelic songs through her to Gaelic culture of Finlay MacLeod – or Doctor Finlay as he is better work at the School of Scottish Studies. known. Joining her in Scalpay Community Hall will be Rona Lightfoot, Margaret Finlay, a writer, educator and broadcaster, celebrates his 80th birthday Stewart, Murdo ‘Wasp’ MacDonald, Ewan Morrison, David MacKenzie, this year and will do so in the company of Seonaidh Beag Macmillan, Amy MacKay, Iain ‘Costello’ MacIver and Coisir Bhan na Hearadh. There Murdo ‘Wasp’ MacDonald, Isobel Ann Martin and piper Donald MacKay. will be a dance to follow with the Iain Angus MacLeod Band. An t-Ionnsachadh Bòidheach at An Lanntair in Stornoway on Friday Another great collector of Gaelic song, the late Rev William Matheson, 8 September will be an evening of music, song and conversation with will be celebrated in a series of concerts at this year’s Blas Festival in Finlay facilitated by Annella MacLeod to which Donald ‘Ryno’ Morrison Dìleab Uilleim (William’s Legacy). and Iain Gordon MacDonald will contribute readings. Agnes Rennie will Given that Willie Matheson spent his formative years in North Uist, it be bean an taighe. seems entirely appropriate for the opening show to be in Carinish Hall Tickets for all Western Isles events are available online in advance at on Tuesday 5 September featuring Rachel Walker, Robert Robertson, ticketline.co.uk or by phoning 0844 888 9991 except for the event at Linda MacLeod and Ross Wilson. The evening will be hosted by Gaelic An Lanntair, tickets for which are available on 01851 708480. Keep an song expert, Jo MacDonald, whose career at BBC Radio nan Gàidheal eye on blas-festival.com for further details of all events at this year’s Blas included a central role in its 2010 Bliadhna nan Òran (Year of Song) Festival.

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By Katie Macleod Primary 6 pupils Emma Mason, Catriona Macarthur, and Katie Morrison he school year ended on a high note Tthis summer for the two island schools who reached the fi nals of the 2017 Scottish Education Awards in Glasgow. Held at the Doubletree Hilton Hotel on 7th June, the annual awards recognized the achievements of pupils and staff throughout Scotland – and this year both Sgoil an Taobh Siar in Lewis and Iochdar Primary School in South Uist were among those celebrated for their work. Staff and pupils from Primary 5-7 at Sgoil an Taobh Siar were among the three fi nalists for the Gaelic Education Award, while Mairi Macinnes, Head Teacher at Iochdar Primary School, was a fi nalist for the Lifetime Achievement Award. “We are so thankful to CnES education department for giving us the opportunity to go, as it was a huge achievement for the school, and the trip was amazing,” says Margaret Macleod, who teaches at Sgoil an Taobh Siar and attended the awards ceremony with her colleague, Anne Macarthur, and Primary 6 pupils Emma Mason, Catriona Macarthur, and Katie Morrison. “Seeing what was going on in Scotland's schools was fantastic. It was a real celebration of achievement and although we didn't win on the day, we weren't disappointed. We got £200 for the school fund… Our pupils did so well to get down to the fi nal three and we are so proud of them all. Margaret. life I had very little to say!” she laughs. personal gratifi cation” from making the fi nal three The day was defi nitely a highlight of our teaching “The school choir sang for them at the end of Although she has been Head Teacher at Iochdar out of a long list of 70 for the Lifetime Achievement careers.” the presentation, as the choir sing at the end of the for 14 years, Mairi has been teaching since 1974. Award, Mairi says the nomination was refl ective of The pupils at Sgoil an Taobh Siar, which has fi lms, so we thought it would be nice for the judges “I’ve been a teacher for a long, long time, and now “all the good work that happens around the school long had links with Historic Environment Scotland, to hear it ‘live.’ We were glad we did, as it made I’m teaching the grandchildren of pupils I had in and the community, of which I have been a part, were recognized for their work on two fi lms – one of the judges cry!” these early years, so I think that tells its own story,” and I was very happy to see that recognized.” one in Gaelic and one in English – that acted as Mairi Macinnes, who has been Head Teacher at says Mairi. educational tools detailing the history of the “Iochdar School is very much rooted in the Iochdar Primary School for 14 years, also met the Mairi is no stranger to the Scottish Education community, and we have had several highlights, Blackhouse. judges when they visited the South Uist school. Awards, either – Iochdar Primary School has won and as well as that we’ve had several low times and Some pupils took on acting roles in the fi lms, “The school staff, the children, the parent council, a Gaelic Award in the past, among others – and sad things as well. The school’s always at the heart while others got technical behind the scenes. Three and various groups in the community all came she enjoyed her time at the awards ceremony in judges visited the school in May, when the pupils together and set up meetings, presentations, and of everything that’s happening the community. June. “It’s certainly a grand ceremony, completely involved put on a presentation for them. “They a whole book of evidence of things that we had I’m grateful for the ongoing support that I’ve had went through the whole fi lming process, sharing been involved in over the years, and presented that arranged with schools and children at the centre from colleagues, community members, and the their highs and lows, and they showed both fi lms to the judges. And they had an interview with me, of it.” education authority throughout the many years to the judges who were so impressed,” remembers about what I had to say, and for the fi rst time in my While she admits she “wasn’t interested in any I’ve been there.” Applications pour in for ‘new apprenticeship’ opportunities By Katie Macleod of the response to the apprenticeships. “By “It’s been a whirlwind of a year,” says Dolina of between mainland institutions and the apprentices providing a wide range of opportunities we are the apprentices’ achievements. For example, of the in the islands. Partnerships have already been he launch of new apprenticeships in the providing people the opportunity to study to a high 17 new apprentices that started their placements in established with Robert Gordon University, Inverness TOuter Hebrides is being hailed as a success, level and work in the islands. We also hope this November 2016, four have already completed their College, and Glasgow Kelvin College. after 250 applications were submitted for the will encourage people to relocate to the islands.” SVQ qualifi cations in just over six months. “The implementation of E-Sgoil has opened up 40 work placements, which were announced As a result, Matthew Campbell, Calum Mackay opportunities that previously were impossible. by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar in May. The new apprenticeships, which will begin next month, also meet the requirements of the islands’ and Alison Macleod from IT schools are about to Candidates from the Butt to Barra can link into Given the chance for hands-on experience in begin IT degrees through a Skills Development tutorials like everyone else, and it makes so many workforce plan, which outlines the training needed industries such as Business Management, Learning Scotland Graduate Placement Scheme with accreditation routes, previously undeliverable to bridge future skills gaps. For the fi rst time, the and Development, and Multimedia, demand for Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. Dena locally, now accessible,” says Dolina. Comhairle is offering apprenticeship opportunities the apprenticeships was high. Qualifi cations are Macleod, from the Comhairle’s Multi-Media unit, She adds that the apprenticeship scheme has available at a wide variety of levels, from SVQ in partnership with the private sector, as well as is preparing to undertake a degree in media at the the public sector. a strong team behind it, including everyone from to post-graduate degree, and all apprenticeships University of the Highlands and Islands. “We try Angus Maclennan, Head Teacher of E-Sgoil, offered a structured Gaelic programme, from And the popularity of these latest opportunities and be person-centred as much as we can, and it Multimedia Manager Evelyn Coull, and the beginner-level tuition to more advanced skills in builds on an already successful year for the seems to be working,” says Dolina. Comhairle’s Accreditation team. Local councillors reading and writing. apprenticeship scheme, as last year’s candidates – E-Sgoil has been instrumental in the success of have also given their full support. “We’ve had a “It’s been really, really positive,” says Dolina ranging in age from their late teens to early Fifties – the apprenticeships, allowing for online learning and fantastic response from departments,” says Dolina. Smith, the Comhairle’s Apprenticeship Manager, have seen their skills go from strength to strength. teaching not just within the Outer Hebrides but also “It has been a very encouraging year.” 03/08/17 - 06/09/17 www.hebevents.com EVENTS SECTION TWO - Page B13 BBuildinguilding ourour communitiescommunities

Council sets up new learning route to go to sea By Katie Macleod College, Orkney College, West Highland College, Children’s Services and is a member of the the list, and the maritime sector has come out high, and Shetland North Atlantic Fisheries College. Qualifi cation Development Group. “The year after year, hence the existing maritime skills ne only needs to look at the fi shing, “I’m full of praise for the initiative taken by Comhairle here is taking the lead, but also qualifi cation being popular,” says Iain Stewart. aquaculture, or ferry sectors in the Outer O Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,” says Iain Mackinnon, assuming the responsibility. This is a national “But this one will actually provide them with the Hebrides to see that the maritime industry who is based in London but has family ties to the development, but locally led.” knowledge, skills, experience, and tickets, which plays an important role in the local economy. islands. “They’ve recognised that many young The new qualifi cation will follow on from will make them much, much more employable.” It’s fi tting, then, that Comhairle nan Eilean people in the islands want a career in some part the current Skills for Work Maritime Skills As the award is being designed with input and Siar is in the process of creating a new national of the maritime sector and they’ve established an qualifi cation, offering in-depth training for senior support from industry leaders themselves, it will qualifi cation tailored to meet the needs of the excellent partnership of employers and schools pupils who know for certain that they want to not only cover their needs but also help move maritime industry – and the career aspirations of and colleges to create the best opportunity for enter the industry on leaving school. It does this the responsibility and cost of training away from young people in the islands. those young people”. by providing students with the skills, experience, businesses and into the classroom. Some of the In conjunction with representatives from the “For our part in the Maritime Skills Alliance, and formal accreditation necessary for work at topics covered in the course include Vessel Rope fi shing, aquaculture, ferry, and port authority sectors we’re really keen to see young people across sea, covering the overlap in skills required by the Work Anchoring and Mooring Operations; Basic across Scotland, as well as schools and colleges in Scotland introduced to the terrifi c range of ferry, fi shing, aquaculture, and port sectors. Seamanship; and Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting. the Highlands and Islands, the Comhairle is working opportunities in the maritime sector. People in “The skills are transferable between the sectors The recent developments of the working group towards the launch of a National Progression Award the islands know about CalMac of course, and so that when the economy shifts, there’s a fl exible, build on the success of the offi cial launch of the at SCQF Level 5 in Maritime Skills, with the aim aquaculture, and fi shing, and all three sectors are movable workforce, making it more economically project in April 2016, when representatives from of it being up and running for senior pupils in the very much involved in the work.” effi cient for the public and private sector,” explains Caledonian MacBrayne, the Merchant Navy 2018-2019 school year. “The leisure sector – marinas – are very Iain Stewart. Training Board, and the Scottish Salmon Company, On June 26th a meeting of the Qualifi cation interested too, and I’m sure that CnES will fi nd lots He notes that one of the other driving forces among others, met to discuss the possibility – and Development Group for the course was held in of interest across Scotland once we have the new behind the new course, aside from workforce need – for such a qualifi cation. E-Sgoil on Francis Street, and a proposal for the qualifi cation created. I might add that I’ve told planning, is the introduction of “personalisation “The degree of interest in it is very high,” says new course has now been accepted by the Scottish others about this work, and they’re very keen that and choice” into the curriculum, where young Iain Stewart. “Young people are asking for it, Qualifi cations Authority. we get something like it for other parts of the UK. people are not simply presented with set subject the sectors require and are asking for it, and the Chaired by Iain Mackinnon, Secretary of The Western Isles are leading the way!” choices, but asked what topics they would like to idea is that we will meet their workforce planning the Maritime Skills Alliance, the meeting was “It’s a partnership effort,” agrees Iain Stewart, study more generally. requirements with a skilled young maritime also attended by representatives of Lews Castle who works in the Comhairle’s Education and “We asked them what they would like to see on workforce.” Attainment Challenge links national and local aims

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The information ill info Act 2006. that we nggather will informrth our knowledge of where parental engagement is strong together education system.” gather and analyse the data, and there are three TeachingTeachi Scotland’suires Future fu implementation. We must come and wherewww it requiresvolvem further attention. This will include monitoringentlessly onlevels the ofpac parentale and intensity of ve. http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2011/01/13092132/0http://ww/w d in I will focus relentlessly on the pace and intensity renof implementation. and young people We so must richly come deser together engagement, and involvement in, and satisfactionto drive with, forward learningrd the provision improvements in different that our childchildren and young people so richly deserve. Achieving that clear fl ow of information and levels of data for each of the four priorities,” says communities. Agnes. John Swinneyy MMSP action is where the local NIF plans come into play. cretary for Education and Skills Deputy First Minister and Cabinet SeSecretary for Education and Skills In March of this year, the government published Data for the Senior Phase comes from SQA exam 13 December 2016 guidance for local authority NIF Improvement results, while data for the Broad General Education Plans, which are due at the end of August 2017; stage is drawn, Agnes explains, “primarily from the Comhairle plan will be fi nalised by the end of teachers’ judgements in relation to the achievement the month, and available at committee meetings in of Curriculum for Excellence levels, but also September. taking into account performance in standardised Various aspects of educational improvement are assessments.” results based on gender; those in receipt of free needed to close any gaps in attainment. As Agnes being looked at, both locally and nationally, and The former – referred to as “Achievement of a school meals; those who have additional support explains, “improvement has to be grounded on include factors such as school leadership, parental level” data – looks at how many of the children needs; and children who are looked after. This robust analysis of the data.” engagement, teacher professionalism, and of at a particular level in literacy and numeracy have deep dive on the data highlights any attainment course, the assessment of children’s progress. achieved the anticipated milestone level, based on gaps between these groups and the rest of the class In this way, the Comhairle and authorities The Eilean Siar NIF Improvement Plan will show teachers’ judgements, the gathering of evidence in cohort, and allow teachers and schools to work on across the country won’t be guessing at how best detailed data sets on the four key priorities outlined ongoing coursework, day-to-day classwork, and closing these gaps if they do exist. to achieve excellence and equity for the children in the national plan: improvement in attainment, some formal tests. Drawing on these results, the Comhairle plan and young people in their schools – they’ll know particularly in literacy and numeracy; closing For the data derived from standardised tests, will identify any areas for improvement, and from exactly what needs to be done, and how to get the attainment gap between the most and least further analysis has already been done to see the there outline the necessary strategies and resources there. EVENTS SECTION TWO - Page B14 www.hebevents.com 03/08/17 - 06/09/17

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By Rob Black to the animal breaking into a neighbouring fi eld of fence to protect the land associated v crops and foraging. to those living within the township, lot of ambiguity surrounds the laws and t The understanding of the rules complicates although this is not a responsibility rules relating to who is responsible for the A somewhat when it comes to the boundaries of a of the common grazings. fencing that keeps stock from going places they common grazings and the in-bye land or gardens are not supposed to, whether that is to keep attributed to a housing property that abuts to that If you wish to fi nd out more about them in the area they are supposed to graze, or boundary. Effectively it is the responsibility of the the laws surrounding boundary and keeping them off the prized fl owerbed. Grazings Committee to ensure appropriate fencing livestock responsibilities then refer Information on the matter is somewhat scattered and prevention of animal caused damage or injury. to the Animal (Scotland) Act 1987 or If there is no committee then it is the responsibility and doesn’t always provide the best means of fully if you have a specifi c scenario that understanding the requirements or where liability of the shareholders associated to that particular grazings. you are unsure about, it is worth lands when fencing or boundaries fail. contacting the Crofting Commission However it is not quite as simple as merely The scenarios can very much vary and often with the details of your situation on is the case can fall within a grey area with the blaming the common grazings. If the common [email protected] general answer being ‘It depends…’ But there land is an ‘open township’ then the responsibility are rules in place and certain things to consider falls to the individual crofters or the property and they will help with regards to when this issue arises. Crofting is subject to the owners to make provisions to keep the animals out. that case. Animal (Scotland) Act of 1987. In a very basic An open township allows for animals to effectively sense the ‘strict’ liability of any damage or injury go where they please which means simply leaving caused by kept animals is the responsibility of the your garden gate open allows for stock access. animal keeper. By strict we mean that irrespective Additionally the responsibility of the fencing and Agri-Environment Scheme Plans 2018 of whether the livestock keeper was negligent or the maintenance of a boundary may be part of not, the liability is with that person. the title deed that comes with the property. This, again, makes it the responsibility of the individual ith a new round of AECS applications the risks associated to agricultural practice through However, there are exceptions to the rule if a) to make provision for stock proofi ng their property, Whaving been announced it is time to start diffuse pollution and promoting more natural if the cause of the damage/injury was due to the and not that of the common grazings. thinking about what this could mean for you. habitat in key areas, such as moorland. All with fault of the injured person and or b) the cause of the overall aim of achieving all-important climate- Not all instances are left to the property owners, The purpose of the Agri-environment Climate injury or damage was a result of the mere fact of change targets. the animal being there rather than attributed to where the responsibility lies with them, as a Scheme is to provide funding for agricultural If you have been part of an SRDP scheme in the the physical or behavioural characteristics of that common grazings may get access to 80% grant, producers to take a considered approach to land past that is up for renewal or you wish to fi nd out animal – such as the animal having escaped and as a goodwill gesture there have been instances of management that targets low carbon farming is standing in the middle of the road as opposed the grazings making provision to offset a boundary and promote greener and more sustainable land more about your eligibility for applying for the use and changing land use to more effi cient and AECS 2018-2022 cycle then please get in touch effective means. This creates a more benefi cial with your local SAC offi ce, Stornoway on 01851 Scottish Crofting Federation and attractive habitat to wildlife whilst negating 703103 to speak with one of our consultants. Crofters’ destiny being Join the SCF decided by others Membership of the Scottish Crofting By Patrick Krause bodies. In fact it is all too familiar. Scottish Federation is an investment in Government advisors seem to take the view that n response to a Parliamentary debate in rural Scotland ends north of Perthshire and west the future of crofting. IJanuary on the future of funding for rural of Morayshire. development, the Cabinet Secretary for Rural I have been wondering what happened to the Economy and Connectivity, Fergus Ewing, Your support will strengthen the voice CAP funds, the ‘convergence uplift’, as it is known, recently launched the National Council of that came back to the UK from Brussels in 2013. of crofters, crofting communities Rural Advisors (NCRA). As you will recall, the Scottish Government, It is a very infl uential group with the remit with cross-party support, made the justifi able of providing advice to the Scottish Government claim that the convergence uplift should come to on the implications of Brexit and making Scotland, the only reason that the UK qualifi es for “recommendations on future policy and support, the uplift being that Scotland’s very low payments with the aim of ensuring a vibrant, sustainable in the upland areas bring the UK average down. and productive rural economy”. The SCF emphatically agreed with this claim, It is therefore quite astonishing that among particularly because the low payments afforded the appointments to the NCRA there is no crofting and other rough grazings in Scotland are representation by anyone based north of Perth the main reason the UK average falls below that and no one with any obvious connection to, or of Europe. expertise in, crofting. Passing the up-lift payments on to Scotland Given that crofts comprise something in the region does not incur any deductions to farmers in the of 20% of agricultural holdings in Scotland and rest of the UK. Allowing the money to come manage some of the most iconic, high nature value to where it is needed, the areas that bring the landscapes in Scotland, this omission is glaring. average payment down and therefore qualify for When challenged, Mr Ewing assured us that uplift would be fair. There is simply no argument he “gave very careful consideration to the make- that can justify keeping this cash, which is meant up of the Council and received extensive advice to bring average payments up to somewhere Registered in Scotland as a Limited Company No: SC218658 Registered in ScotlandRecognised as aas Limited Scottish Company Charity No: SC218658SC031919 from offi cials in Government – and outwith closer to the European average, in UK areas that Recognised as Scottish Charity No: SC031919 government – on the approach to take and which are already at that level or above. people to appoint.” Were the payments to come to Scotland, would Who are these advisors, who advise on who we then fi nd ourselves having to make the same wwwww.crofting.org should be advisors; those who think it unnecessary case for the Scottish uplands versus the lowlands, www.crofting.org to have anyone from the Highlands and Islands, that the very low payments in the upland areas 01599 530 005 let alone from crofting, on a National Council for bring the Scottish average down, and that there Rural Advisors? is therefore no argument that can justify keeping [email protected] Unfortunately this isn’t the fi rst time for this cash in Scottish areas that are already at the crofting or the and Islands average European level or above? 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DÌOGHALTAS Hebridean Book Iain F. MacLeòid The latest Gaelic novel from Iain F. MacLeod, and the Festival seeks out £15.00 first crime fiction from Acair. SAINTS & SINNERS Tales of Lewis Lives by Iain Smith & Joan Forrest lands beyond the pale A fascinating collection detailing a number of lives who greatly benefitted from a Lewis ltima Thule’ is the theme of Faclan by John Murray. education at the turn of the last century. ‘U2017 as the Hebridean Book Festival Over Land brings geographical and delves into a place, in mediaeval geographies, philosophical perspective through Mapping beyond the borders of the known world. Scotland’s Islands with the National Library’s WILLIAM MACGILLIVRAY In the popular imagination, this is the northern Christopher Fleet, followed by Into the Unwild, presented by and showcasing the aerial A Hebridean Naturalist’s Journal islands and territories, but for writers it is an Ne w endless territory to explore, revisit and reinvent. photography of Patricia and Angus Macdonald. 1817-1818 Dr Robert Ralph Faclan 2017 – early bird tickets now available Anchoring these themes-within-a-theme and bringing the programme to a conclusion will be Title! With a foreword from the author of – presents a diverse, intense and ambitious programme that includes talks, discussion, fi lm, High Altitude High Latitude with mountaineering ‘Raptor’, James MacDonald Lockhart launches, exhibitions and workshops viewed via legend Doug Scott CBE, followed by best-selling a series of chapters and through different lenses. author Michelle Paver’s on her chilling ghost stories Dark Matter and Thin Air. £15.00 Daoine nan Àite: People in Place will open the annual festival and bring together Gaelic cultural Threaded throughout is a fi lm programme that historian, Finlay Macleod with Murdo Macleod, includes Capra’s Lost Horizon and Powell’s The www.acairbooks.com long-time staff photographer with the Guardian. Edge of the World (both 1937), Herzog’s Aguirre: They will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Gaelic The Wrath of God and documentaries The Epic of publisher Acair with a look at historic photography Everest on Mallory and Irvine’s doomed attempt in the Outer Hebrides, notably Robert Adam, and The Great White Silence (both 1924) on James McGeoch and Dan Morrison. Scott’s failed expedition to the South Pole. The overture to Absolute North will be Other events include arts journalist and author, £10.00 a silent fi lm of Iceland from 1925 with live Jan Patience, on the much-missed, charismatic BÁ accompaniment by Jessica Danz, followed by artist George Wyllie, also known as The Why’s BÓ internationally acclaimed Icelandic photographer Man. G Ragnar ‘Rax’ Axelsson whose austere yet lush Two exhibitions will form a backdrop to images document The Last Days of the Arctic. these events: HYPERBOREA: Lands of the North In similarly elegiac mood, the decline of featuring the work of three established and oceanic birds is lamented by Adam Nicolson in acclaimed photographers – Alex Boyd, Chris Friel, his new book The Seabird’s Cry, described by the and Ragnar Axelsson – in a show-within-a-show. FT as a masterpiece. And Forradh: Sly Cooking by former Sunday Lands of Ice and Fire juxtaposes ancient and Herald Art Critic Catriona Black presents an modern myth and reality. Eleanor Rosamund exhibition of linocut illustrations of Gaelic Words Barraclough follows the Vikings on a journey and Expressions, collected by Fr. Allan McDonald, Beyond the North Lands, while with Winter is revealing the sophistication of a language full to Coming Carolyne Larrington looks at how the the brim with folklore. £5.99 medieval world has informed and nourished Early Bird Faclan Festival passes are now HBO’s Game of Thrones. In-between is a special available for £55, which will give pass holders £4.99 “The world’s only Gaelic speaking teddy!” screening of the eponymous fi rst episode of this entry to all Faclan events, at a savings of over £70. £30 inc vat (p&p extra) global success story. Early Bird passes are available until mid- The Outer Hebrides are a crucible for Gaelic August; and individual tickets will go on sale in culture and, under the banner of The Language of mid-August with the release of the full schedule Eden, three events cluster for another dimensional of events. viewpoint. Briseadh na Cloiche (Breaking the Faclan: The Hebridean Book Festival, takes Stone), is a new short fi lm from MG Alba; while place in An Lanntair arts centre from Wednesday BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker, Peter October 25th to Saturday October 28th. Mackay, explores 500 years of the erotic in Gaelic song and verse; and in Litreachas nan Tìre, the For further information, or to book tickets, literary landscapes of Sorley Maclean, Duncan please visit www.lanntair.com/faclan or call An Ban Macintyre, Neil Gunn and others are charted Lanntair Box Offi ce on 01851 708480. 03/08/17 - 06/09/17 www.hebevents.com EVENTS SECTION TWO - Page B17

Princess Anne opens new extension to tweed mill By Iain A MacSween and we salute the lifelong contribution he made to the industry and we express our sympathy to his new extension at the Harris Tweed family on this sad day.” Hebrides mill in Shawbost was offi cially A The opening of the new extension was, said Mr opened by HRH The Princess Royal on Friday Wilson, a symbol of continuity. July 28th. “It is a statement of faith in the future of the Princess Anne told assembled guests that she Harris Tweed industry and a landmark in the loved her visits to Lewis and Harris, and assured development of our own company,” he said. those present that she liked to be kept up-to-date on how the tweed industry was doing. “We are very appreciative of our principal guest’s presence in her capacity as President of On a tour of the mill, The Princess Royal was the UK Fashion and Textiles Association, through given demonstrations on weaving by Calum Ian which she has taken a very deep and genuine Macleod, from Carloway, and Ian Angus Mackenzie, interest in the industry. Chief Executive of Harris Tweed Hebrides. “On our last encounter, the Princess Royal She then stamped a roll of tweed under the presented us with the award as UK Textile watchful eye of mill workers Kenneth John Manufacturer of the Year, and we hope that what Maclennan and Alex Morrison. she has seen today will reassure her that that was At the unveiling of the new extension, Harris a well-earned title.” Tweed Hebrides chairman Brian Wilson began by After thanking all who had contributed to the paying tribute to the late Derick Murray, who died new extension, Mr Wilson added: “The word earlier this week. ‘unique’ is greatly over-used but in the case of “As we meet today to celebrate this article of Harris Tweed it is entirely justifi ed. faith in the industry’s future, we also mourn a sad “This is a unique industry with unique loss from its past,” he said. protections, unique structures and unique “This was the family mill, founded by Derick’s responsibilities to the Hebridean community to grandfather. Derick was a major, respected fi gure maintain it in robust health. in the industry for over half a century. He carried “Today marks another chapter in our it through the hard times of the 1990s and he kept commitment to that end.” this mill open for a long time, when it would have made purely economic sense to close it. After being invited to unveil a plaque commemorating the occasion, The Princess Royal “That was why it was capable of being brought was then presented with a roll of tweed and a back to life in 2007 when Harris Tweed Hebrides bouquet of fl owers by grandchildren of Ian Angus acquired it from Derick. Mackenzie – James Bain (7), Andrew Bain (4) and “We will miss him as a friend and as a neighbour, Christina Stewart (5). EVENTS SECTION TWO - Page B18 www.hebevents.com 03/08/17 - 06/09/17

Excellent turnout for Teddy Bears’ Picnic

osom Buddies, the local breastfeeding when there is nothing “wrong” but a bit of moral Bsupport group, recently hosted its Teddy comfort is needed, a friendly person to chat to and Bear’s Picnic. Organised by the NHS Western reassurance that you are doing it “right”. Isles Health Visiting team, and held as part of “Staff from our friendly Health Visiting team are National Breastfeeding Celebration Week to usually in attendance at the group, should parents ever promote the benefi ts of breastfeeding with wish to seek advice without a formal home visit. In local families, the event greeted over 25 addition to the breastfeeding support and advice we parents, including visiting grandparents from give, we also have local breastfeeding peer supporters Columbia in South America, with their babies who attend bosom buddies.” and young children, in the recently renovated During the event, mums and mums-to-be were Retirement Centre. given the opportunity to help plan the group’s future Anna Mackay, Health Visitor, said “Despite our activities such as practical advice on weaning and change of venue due to cooler weather, it was fantastic healthy snack demonstrations, information on the to see everyone having fun at our relaunch following Healthy Start Scheme, fi rst aid, music and movement, the renovation at the retirement centre and we were baby massage, keeping active, and talks from local truly delighted with the turnout. A number of new services and groups to help families. Staff from the mums and babies came along, many of which had Public Library’s Bookbug team also attended to host never attended Bosom Buddies before and all were a session featuring songs, stories and rhymes, with Kids week at the dentist welcomed into the group. everyone taking part. “Bosom Buddies is a great way for local mums Bosom Buddies, meets every Wednesday from to meet, which is particularly useful for parents of 10am-12pm in The Retirement Centre located on hildsmile Week’ has become a popular garden party’ theme in reception areas, spending similarly aged children to their own. In fact, one Bayhead, Stornoway. Women who are pregnant and ‘Cevent on the summer holiday calendar in many hours constructing trees and fl owers for the mum who has three children and has attended Bosom those already breastfeeding are welcome to attend and the Western Isles and this summer has proved ‘gardens’ with the children loving the results. The Buddies over the last 6 years told us that some of the take part in activities, obtain advice and support, and the most popular yet, with record breaking picnic on the lawn had a great selection of healthy friends she made at the group are now her closest make new friends whilst their babies play in friendly numbers fl ocking to their local dental clinic. foods (albeit plastic ones). friends! and safe surroundings. Free swimming sessions are also held for Bosom Buddies members on the fi rst The biggest success of all was this year’s ‘Dress- “The group also encourages nursing mums to come All fi ve dental clinics, from Stornoway to Barra, Wednesday of the month at the Grianan Centre, up Corner’ and ‘Photo Booth’ with kids dressing up together and offer support to each other. Our nursing held a week specifi cally to see children where they Westview Terrace, Stornoway. get their teeth checked and enjoy lots of fun and as either a tooth fairy, dental nurse or (the favourite mums can also offer a fantastic source of breastfeeding games at the same time. with girls and boys alike) a dentist. Children tips and are great for ongoing support, particularly For further information please contact the HV team made their way to the ‘Photo Booth’ for their selfi e on (01851) 709842. All children received toothbrushing instruction, which was then posted to the NHS Western Isles dietary advice and fl uoride varnish. They Facebook page. participated in activities and competitions related to their oral health, delivering key oral health Parents overwhelmingly agreed that ‘Childsmile messages in a fun way. Week’ is great for kids with one parent commenting “It’s an excellent idea. It’s an enjoyable day for the As well as the key messages of good brushing, children during the holidays. We as parents very diet and visiting the dentist regularly, this year’s much appreciate the time, effort and money put in focus was sugar quantities in food and drink, and to organising such an event – thank you!” encouraging the use of fl uoride toothpaste. Colin Robertson, NHS Western Isles Chief With the average child consuming three times Administrative Dental Offi cer, said: "Each year more sugar than recommended, we are all having ‘Childsmile Week’ shows the improvement in too much sugar in our diet and a ‘Sugar Board’ our children's dental health. Parents have really was created to demonstrate the quantities of sugar embraced the important messages about diet and in a selection of foods and drinks with parents brushing. being taken by surprise at the quantity of sugars in apparently healthy foods. One example showed “Levels of decay keep falling all across how one pack of ‘Urban Fruit’ dried strawberries the Western Isles. Nowhere in Scotland has contained the same amount of sugar as a bottle of better children's teeth than here, and that is an ‘Irn Bru’. extraordinary achievement. This has been made possible by the close cooperation between our The dental teams continued their ‘summer own staff, CnES and parents.

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arlier this year, after a period of “The huge benefi ts of the system are that I’m Edeteriorating health, Agnes Munro, from reassured that any glitch will be noted immediately Point, was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and by the HF team without me having to run around, advanced heart failure. increasingly stressed, trying to make appointments. The other benefi t is that having to record and report After a period of treatment on the mainland she the measurements daily gives me complete control returned home and is now under the supervision and motivates me to comply with the treatment. of the NHS Western Isles nurse-led Heart Failure It also means that the temptation to cheat is Service team in Stornoway, through the use of the removed. I like the reassurance of checking my Florence programme (or Flo as she is better known) to attend regular follow up appointments to check BP when I increase the dose of my drugs.” for home health monitoring. their response to the drug, and we could do it all “When I go to clinic the information has been The Heart Failure Service team is a unique using Flo.” downloaded onto my record and is visible in service, providing early diagnostic support and The Florence programme initially proved graph form which is so helpful to the clinician ongoing management of heart failure for those successful after one local teenager transformed her and me in viewing my progress and seeing it at a living with the condition in the Western Isles. diabetes management in only three months after glance instead of rifl ing through charts and written starting to use the Flo system on her mobile phone, The team operate on their own without an onsite records. It is important...although it belongs to managing to reduce her risk of complications by a cardiologist, and have excellent links and support me, it is between us. massive 80 per cent. networks with mainland centres so patients can In particular, the team have found Flo Iain Trayner, NHS Western Isles TEC Project easily be referred to specialist consultants for particularly useful in helping to remotely manage treatment, if required. Manager, said: “Using the Florence programme, all the introduction of a new drug for heart failure, patients need is a mobile phone and most people Agnes explained, “Flo helps to keep me healthy called Entresto. Although potentially life changing, have these nowadays, and if they don’t we can give Agnes Munro and in fact helps to keep my blood pressure in if the drug is not carefully introduced it can affect them one. The programme itself is very cheap and check. This is even more peculiar because she’s a someone’s blood pressure and can make them feel this new drug by remotely monitoring their blood doesn’t cost the patient anything to run. machine, in fact she’s just a phone! dizzy or lightheaded. The team were also early pressure as the new medication is introduced. “Flo is tailored to each patient by clinicians who “In order to improve my heart function, my adopters of this new drug and the fi rst patient in “Flo helps us to keep in touch with and offer adjust the settings, defi ne when messages should blood pressure, heart rate and fl uid intake need Scotland to be prescribed it lives in the Western an extra level of support to our patients and their be sent, what information they are asking for and to be carefully monitored and the easiest way Isles. families, both the nursing team and the patients how the system should respond. It enables much to check that this is within normal limits is to Debra Vickers, NHS Western Isles Lead Heart fi nd it easy to use and helpful. It was exciting for more detailed and regular monitoring of a patient check my blood pressure and weight every day. Failure Nurse, said, “Named after Florence us to have one of our patients as the 1st recipient than routine appointments do. As of July 2017 This is where Flo comes in. I simply text these Nightingale, the Florence programme (Flo) is a web of a new HF drug in Scotland. The fact that we Flo has helped over 700 people living within the measurements in daily. If I don’t Flo soon reminds based text messaging clinical interface now being could keep an eye on the patient remotely was Western Isles to monitor or manage their health me. used to help people who have been prescribed great, they have a full time job so it can be a hassle using everyday technology.” Kind donations to help bereaved parents

Pictured with SIMBA equipment being provided for NHS Western Isles for Barra community: Veronica Gordon, Midwife, and Paul Daly, member of Western Isles Maternity Services Liaison Committee uring a visit from SiMBA (Simpson's service. The special cot was donated by parents DMemory Box Appeal) for a Bereavement Sarah and Jonathan, in memory of their baby boy Care and Memory Making Study Day on 18th Harris Michael Smith. Sarah said, “After suffering November 2016, Heather Lawrence, a SiMBA a late miscarriage and giving birth to Harris in June parent representative, offi cially handed over last year, Jonathan and I were given the option of a Cuddle Cot and photography equipment to spending precious time with our son. This is where the Western Isles Hospital Maternity Unit. The we learned of the benefi ts of a Cuddle Cot. donation was made possible through donations “SiMBA does so many meaningful things to help How wee walk can better your health to SiMBA in Heather’s daughter Aeryn's name, families overcome miscarriage and stillbirth. Most who was stillborn in April 2016. importantly, they give parents the confi dence to create memories without fear of judgement and The community midwifery service on the so when I set out to do something in memory of Isle of Barra have now been generously gifted a he Big Fit Walk is a national campaign Harris, I wanted to support the charity and other Cuddle Cot through a donation made possible Trun by Scottish charity Paths for All, to families.” encourage people to walk more and experience from fundraising by Leigh and Adam, parents of The couple, from Edinburgh, decided to donate the physical, mental and social benefi ts of a Madelyn Jess Gordon, who sadly passed away two days after being born in August 2015. their Cuddle Cot to the Uists team due to Sarah’s short walk. island connections of her father being born and Leigh said, “We were very lucky to have spent NHS Western Isles’ Health Promotion raised in Stornoway and having family residing on two days with Madelyn while she was being cared Department held Big Fit Walks in Stornoway and the islands. They hope that other parents will have for in the neonatal unit, but having the use of the Benbecula during June. the Cuddle Cot for use in the sad event that it's Cuddle Cot in the family room also meant we did needed and know just how much it will mean to Walkers from Lewis met on Monday 26th June not have to say goodbye as soon as her treatment have that time with their little one. for a 30 minute walk in the Lews Castle Grounds. It was withdrawn. We could spend more time with was a great opportunity to get active, get out in the her, without tubes and wires in the way of her little Catherine Macdonald, NHS Western Isles fresh air, meet new people and have a chat while face.” Maternity Ward Manager, said, “We cannot enjoying local natural and historical heritage. “The Big Fit Walk helps put the fun into walking! express just how grateful we are for this kind Leigh added, “We learned a lot about the work Walkers from the Uists were joined by a local Scottish Walking in groups can boost self-esteem, create donation from Sarah and Jonathan. As islanders SiMBA does and were sad to fi nd out that not Natural Heritage Offi cer on Thursday 29th June for a opportunities to meet new people in our area, or we can all appreciate the diffi culties associated to everyone would have had the same chance as us, short walk around Lionacleit; enjoying the outdoors and discover some local hidden treasures.” the geographical spread of our islands, meaning since not every maternity unit has a Cuddle Cot. It learning about the unique natural environment. we may travel for more than 6 hours between While the Big Fit Walk is an annual campaign was important for us to try and raise the money to Stornoway to Barra. Ian Findlay, Chief Offi cer at Paths for All, said there are national and local initiatives to help people donate one in Madelyn's name as every bereaved “In a nation where too many of us are unfi t and become more physically active all year round. parent should have the same opportunity to spend “The donations of these Cuddle Cots now inactive, walking is one of the easiest ways to mean that parents can have access to them when For up to date information visit NHS Western as much time with their baby as they'd like to.” incorporate a little more activity into our day. A required, rather than having to wait for the cot to Meanwhile, a third Cuddle Cot has been simple short walk is free, accessible for most and Isles’ Health Promotion Department website: be delivered from a neighbouring island.” has a wealth of benefi ts. www.promotionswi.scot.nhs.uk kindly donated to the Uists community midwifery EVENTS SECTION TWO - Page B20 www.hebevents.com 03/08/17 - 06/09/17

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