Monday, 17 November 2014

Our island parish (2)


It was 'goodbye' to Peter and Sandra as they boarded their flight to Glasgow this morning. It has been good to share this wonderful island and we enjoyed their company. Our last meal together was at the Castlebay  Hotel where we arrived to be welcomed by the chef and the waitress sitting in the bar waiting for us. Our own personal staff for the evening!

On our visits to the airport we have been impressed with the new baggage reclaim 'hall', indicating how busy this airport is....
On the way back to the manse we called at Barratlamtic, a large fish processing where we discovered they were preparing scallops and were more than happy to sell us a dozen which we will enjoy tonight.

The afternoon was spent visiting 3 neolithic sites with impressive remains of buildings and standing stones. The island's history goes back to at least that time and archaeologists at Sheffield University have undertaken extensive investigations.
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