Happy stepdaughters steppin' out on Eigg Hogmanay 06
Does my bum look muddy in this?
Marie Carr in a rare moment of repose at Peggy Kirk's house (her mum) at Cleadale, Eigg
Rain sweeps across Cleadale Bay almost obscuring neighbouring Rum
The old pier on Eigg -- spot the diesel drums for the generators!
Camille Dressler greets her "little" daughter Felicia off the ferry on the new pier
Eigg mid-summer. Lush, green sheep-free field near Galmisdale with the Squrr rising behind
A mini turbine test for the big turbines installed now
On top of the Squrr -- the white sunlit blob to my left is Kildonan Farm where the Carr family live
On top of the Squrr in bog cotton season, looking towards Rum
Clouds over the Squrr looking to Rum
On the Squrr overlooking Muck
One of Eiggtricity's solar panels
Compare and contrast with the next picture of the renovated Bunkhouse. This is the Manse, retained by Keith Schellenberg when he sold to Maruma in 1995 and now falling to pieces.
Compare and contrast with the previous picture of the derelict Manse. This is the Bunkhouse -- lovingly renovated by Simon Helliwell and the Eigg Building Company.
Stuart Miller alias Scruff -- describing...what?
John and Pat -- two of my best friends. John Chester is a bird warden -- and photographic sightings of him vaguely smiling are rarer than any bird you'll see on Eigg!
The generator sheds and diesel drums that are now a thing of the past thanks to Eiggtricity
Bob Wallace on the Lodge roof with solar panels. Bob and partner Norah Barnes and their three children lived on a boat in the bay, for two years working on making the Lodge habitable.
Local sheep's wool being dried to use as insulation in the Lodge. Genius when wool prices hardly cover the cost of transport.
The DIY solar panels with insulation of sheep's wool -- dried on the Lodge roof -- tinfoil out of the shop, masking tape, and wood from the felled trees outside. Masterful, Bob!
Norah and Bob's bairn Murray -- or is it Logan -- shows how easy it is to make DIY solar panels at the Eigg Lodge.
Murray -- or is it Logan -- surveys the copper used in DIY solar panels at the Eigg Lodge.
Norah appears with baby Clyde -- note the trees, felled sixty years ago and finally used by Bob and his volunteers to house the DIY solar panels. Full marks for using what's around you!
The hydro just built above Lagg
The Hydro is higher than the originally site and expected to yield twice the hydro energy -- thanks to careful siting by the Hydro Electric boys
Some husbands are determined not to be caught on camera.
