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Vicster V
Vicster Oct 2, 2006 16:06:00
Replying to Wyldeboar

Wyldeboar wrote:
Wouldn't live in Stornoway, it's a bit grim for my liking.


One idea is get a house with enough land to have a wee camp site..[/quote]

Oiiiii!!! Vicster!!! As an Expat Stornoweigian I have to...............................totally agree.Town has turned into a grim old joint thanx to the arrival (and rapid departure) of the Oil Industry.It's more aesthetically pleasing,and cheaper,to sail into Tarbert than Stornoway these dayz...............

However.As a frequently failed camper on The Island,I have just two words to say: THE MIDGIES!!!! Once experienced,NEVER forgotten.Luckily the weather kept their heads down when we were up there for the June standstill,but that's a MAJOR reason why there's a complete lack of Sites up there.

Why not open a pub???Matt and all the other TMAers who pass thro annually,or at least every 18.6yrs,......tidy living to be made.And you only have to open 6 days a week.[/quote]

Ha, yeah, we have discussed the midgies but have to say we haven't been that bothered with them, the times we have visited. I think it may be to do with the almost constant breeze (although Jane would have us believe it is more gale force!!) but I did end up with a cloud around my head when I went to the loo around 3am at Callanish and the wind dropped for 10 minutes. Not nice.

I wasn't planning on camping myself, just letting others do it on our land! We saw LOADS of campervans and tents scattered all ovee the island so there are some hardy folk out there.

so, where did you escape to?

Vx

W Wyldeboar
Wyldeboar Oct 2, 2006 16:38:16
Replying to Vicster

Have to say,when they're bad,they are terrifying.Drive folk n animals wild.You were very lucky.Don't buy one of the houses surrounded by trees.Yes keep out the wind,but gives the insects somewhere to gather.Eeeek!Best job up there is 'Avon Lady'.You'd clear up.One of their products is bought by everyone to keep em at bay.Funny to see my burly great cousin who works on the roads coating himself in face cream before he leaves for work.

Have relatives all over the island,related one way or another to almost everyone in Leurbost.Dint fancy doin the endless drag round them tho this time,so rented a place in Callanish itself.Excellent accom.Better than many flats I've rented.Had a great week.Weather not bad for that time of year.Stopped off in Glen Affric for coupla nights on way back but left after one.Midgies were very bad there.Couldn't get out of car.Pubs in Drumnadrochit full of foreign students driven from their tents..........