Season’s Greetings
December 2022 Hello friends of Rudha Glas B&B! As we come to the end of 2022 we hope that all our friends and blog subscribers are well, and we apologise for the lack of blog posts in recent weeks, but we’ve had some good
Keeping bees
We decided in 2022 to start keeping honey bees. Our motives for doing so were threefold: to bring pollinators to our garden to help our fruit and vegetable crops to have a supply of honey as an alternative to less healthy sweeteners to be
The Norse Mill
This photo depicts the mill, the adjacent stream and the freshwater loch (top right) One of the sights well worth a visit on the island of Great Bernera is a Norse Mill, which has been suitably restored to give an idea of how grains
Rhenigidale
One of the hillwalks that’s been on our bucket list since moving to the Outer Hebrides is the ‘Postman’s Walk’ on Harris. This map shows the location of the walk in relation to our home, and the second map shows the topography of the
Birds of the Hebrides
The majestic white-tailed eagle is often seen soaring above our house The Outer Hebrides is an amazingly diverse and interesting place for birdwatching, and species rarely seen in other locations can often be spotted here. Our islands are on the migratory routes of many
Raised beds
April 2022 We’ve been in our home for three years now and our attempts at establishing a productive garden in the Outer Hebrides have been met with a number of challenges which we’re pleased to say we’re learning from. In 2020 we reported on
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