Ken Rennie
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A very warm day, well into the 80's. Still on Barra, but we visited nearby Vatersay, joined by a causeway to Barra.
Overview of Castlebay with a beach on Vatersay visible on the left.
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A rowing boat from the Barra & Vatersay Coastal Rowing Club made a nice addition. I captures lots of images as they rowed through. Since then I tracked them down and sent them the images
The post office, the islanders are mostly bilingual with the older inhabitants having Gaelic as their first language. Chatting to them, in English, you notice their wonderful soft accent and odd syntax as Gaelic uses Verb Subject Object and English, French, Spanish, Italian etc uses Subject Verb Object and native speakers use Gaelic order when speaking English
Back to the North of Barra and our local beach. We walked along and my wife went for a swim in the warm and incredibly calm waters. On the way back I talked to the canoeists and have sent them my images of them plus a large, prepared for printing file. The land on the right is South Uist our next destination. Ken
To escape the evening attack of the midges we went for a walk onto the Atlantic facing coast. I didn't take my camera so just phone shots.
Overview of Castlebay with a beach on Vatersay visible on the left.
Kisimul Castle Kisimul Castle - Wikipedia
A rowing boat from the Barra & Vatersay Coastal Rowing Club made a nice addition. I captures lots of images as they rowed through. Since then I tracked them down and sent them the images
The post office, the islanders are mostly bilingual with the older inhabitants having Gaelic as their first language. Chatting to them, in English, you notice their wonderful soft accent and odd syntax as Gaelic uses Verb Subject Object and English, French, Spanish, Italian etc uses Subject Verb Object and native speakers use Gaelic order when speaking English
Back to the North of Barra and our local beach. We walked along and my wife went for a swim in the warm and incredibly calm waters. On the way back I talked to the canoeists and have sent them my images of them plus a large, prepared for printing file. The land on the right is South Uist our next destination. Ken
To escape the evening attack of the midges we went for a walk onto the Atlantic facing coast. I didn't take my camera so just phone shots.
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