Quote Originally Posted by Paul Hynes View Post
Hi Marco,

I wasn’t born in South Uist, but I do feel spiritually settled here. It is a wild and beautiful place with a nice clean environment. The lobster, crab, scallops, cockles, fish, scenery and sunsets are to die for.

It is a little remote, but there is a good infrastructure in the Western Isles, and I don’t miss the mainland rat race at all. The pristine fine white shell sand beaches here on the Westside are first class and you can walk them without seeing a soul most of the time. The same isolation is available in the hills. Due West from my house is Canada so the Atlantic storms can be a bit tricky from time to time, but you get used to them after a while.

My nearest neighbour is about a hundred yards away, so no conflict with the sound system. The downside is no real ale for most of the year as it is not worth the local hotels stocking it in winter. I will have to start importing some kegs. Any reclamation yards got any working hand pumps in as I am in the market for one?

I’m not coming back to the mainland.

Regards
Paul
hi paul,
that sounds like heaven!
send us a pic [if you can] when you get chance.
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