The Top House is overlooked by the impressive Cleadale Cliffs. Stunning location overlooking Isle of Rum. Heating and hot water by multi fuel stoves. Welcome to the Tophouse on the Isle of Eigg. Laig Bay, with its three-quarter-mile-long stretch of white sand is only 20 minutes walk along the road and then down the track. The smaller famous Singing Sands Bay is about the same distance away across the Com.

Sorry readers, I have been very lax of late. A classic case of not practicing what I preach in terms of keeping communications, fresh, relevant and interesting. If you want to see what an incident on this scale might do here have a look here. Closer to home there are lots of good things happening in the woods. Most excitingly the Firewood Festival.

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What makes a difference? Despite a day of squalls and showers, there was a healthy turnout for the open house at Strathaird. Pupils from Elgol Primary attended and were knowledgeable and interested in matters relating to renewable energy - that is until the home baking appeared - at which point, all attention was diverted. The log boiler is much better.

So in this last regular post, I need to put gods and religion aside to have a think about opinions, that force against reason which can make it so much harder to agree a new human story. Forwards into what, though? S Has any government ever adequately considered such a thing? This follows on from a case in Augus.

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