Why you should visit the UK s greenest, most eccentric island
After voluntarily pulling up the drawbridge for a year, Eigg is now welcoming (responsible) visitors
The Inner Hebrides island of Eigg impresses with its green credentials and community spirit
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Sailing around Ardnamurchan Point, with the melancholy strains of Mendelsohn’s Hebrides overture tugging at your heart, it’s easy to get caught up in the lost world romance of Eigg, a deeply wild archipelago.
Yes, many of the Hebrides now lie dead to man, but right in front of you hope emerges. Defiant, Eigg-shaped hope. This is an island reborn, following a community buyout that became the first in the world to draw all its electricity from green energy. After voluntarily pulling up the drawbridge for an entire year, Eigg is now tentatively welcoming responsible visitors back to share its remarkable, life-affirming charms.
Covid-19 coronavirus: Orchardists plead for Pacific Island travel bubble
6 Apr, 2021 08:46 PM
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Travel bubble - orchardists plead with Govt for Pacific Island bubble. Video / Hawke s Bay Today
Orchardists say more than $600m is set to be lost to from regional economies like Hawke s Bay s as a result of the massive shortage of workers to pick fruit.
The region s orchardists, exporters and growers reliant on seasonal work say they ve worked through the season with anxiety and desperation beyond belief .
And they are calling on the Government to open a travel bubble with the Pacific islands to allow the free flow of what would normally be up to 14,410 workers arriving as part of the recognised seasonal employer scheme, in time for the 2022 season.
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From the Highland Archives: Areaâs first case of âfurious drivingâ? By Contributor Published: 20:30, 15 March 2021
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The Parish of Cromarty is to be found at the eastern end of the county of Ross and Cromarty, in the north-east corner of the Black Isle,
writes the Highland Archive Centre s Jennifer Johnstone.
It is bounded by the Cromarty Firth and Moray Firth to the north-east, by the Parish of Rosemarkie in the south and by the Parish of Resolis in the west. The eastern side of the parish is rocky and rugged, whereas the northern side slopes toward the waters of the Cromarty Firth.
Hugh Miller III, 78, Civil Servant/Fisherman
A longtime civil servant and lifelong fisherman, passed away on February 22, 2021. He was born August 9th, 1942 in Washington, DC and grew up in Arlington, VA. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from the College of William and Mary and his Master’s of Business Administration from Emory University. After completing his undergraduate degree he served in the Navy on the USS Eaton during the Vietnam War. Hugh married Patricia Jackson and had two sons, Chris and Tim Miller. Pat predeceased him in 2008. He served at the Securities and Exchange Commission for over 25 years and he was a long-time member and volunteer at St. Matthews Lutheran Church. For St. Matthew’s he served as the Financial Secretary or Treasurer for a combined 20 years. After his retirement he volunteered with several non-profit organizations to help manage their finances as well as singing with the Bull Run Troubadours. His greatest passion o