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Tag: Tiree

  • Hynish

    Visiting Hynish in Tiree, Scotland

    The reason Hynish exits lies 11 miles further out in the sea – the Skerryvoe Lighthouse, which I visited one year later one, in 2023. (Little spoiler)

    Visiting Hynish in Tiree, Scotland

    The buildings at Hynish were started in 1837 and comprised a dock, workshops and lodgings for those involved in the building of the Skerryvore Lighthouse.

    Over 80 stonemasons worked here precisely shaping over 4,300 blocks used in the building of the lighthouse. In 1842 the Skerryvore Lighthouse was completed and in the following year the Hynish pier was extended to allow the lighthouse vessel to berth. (Isle of Tiree)

    Visiting Hynish in Tiree, Scotland

    The dock was often filled with sand, so Stevenson designed a flushing system using water from a reservoir up the hill.

    The lighthouse keepers had their quarters in the Upper Square and used walled gardens to grow their own produce.

    Visiting Hynish in Tiree, Scotland

    In 1987 the Hebridean Trust started to renovate the buildings and give them a new purpose. There are apartments, a museum about the Skerryvoe lighthouse, holiday accommodation, and a cafe.

    Visiting Hynish in Tiree, Scotland

    The former signal tower.

    Visiting Hynish in Tiree, Scotland

    Visiting Hynish in Tiree, Scotland

     

  • Tiree Gin School

    Learning how to make gin in Tiree.

    Let´s learn how to make gin! The Isle of Tiree distillery offers a gin school, and I had to try my hand at making my very own gin. I spent a fun afternoon with a few others, tasting and making gin.

    Learning how to make gin in Tiree.

    A beautiful view from the distillery.

    Learning how to make gin in Tiree.

    Learning how to make gin in Tiree.

    Slainté!

    Learning how to make gin in Tiree.

    While our gin was “brewing” we got a little tour of the distillery. Sleeping whisky barrels.

    Learning how to make gin in Tiree.

    Learning how to make gin in Tiree.

    And back to our own little gin stations – it takes quite a while for the alcohol to distil and then needs to be combined with water at the right measurements.

    Learning how to make gin in Tiree.

    And my finished bottle – a Hebridean summers day!

  • Tiree Machair

    Around Tiree, all the meadows and beaches

    In Tiree, you are never far from a beach and the beautiful machair – the meadows typical for the Hebridean islands. A fertile, low-lying grass filled with wildflowers.

    Around Tiree, all the meadows and beaches

    On this day I was doing a little loop around the island, exploring all the corners. Including a few little walks along the beach.

    Around Tiree, all the meadows and beaches

    Around Tiree, all the meadows and beaches

    View towards Tiree airport.

    Around Tiree, all the meadows and beaches

    Old Mill – Cornaig

    Around Tiree, all the meadows and beaches

    Work began in 1802. A lade from Loch Bhasapol to the mill was constructed with a sluice gate at the loch end. This raised the level of the water in the loch and provided a year round flow to the wheel which is of the ‘breast’ type, as the water hits the wheel at mid height. The mill was completed in 1803, and from 1804 until 1945 a succession of millers lived and worked at Millhouse. However after 1945 the mill underwent a period of dismantling and decay. (Isle of Tiree)

    Loch Bhasapol

    Around Tiree, all the meadows and beaches

    Loch Bhasapol is the second largest loch in the Isle of Tiree and a place of watersports.

    Around Tiree, all the meadows and beaches

    Around Tiree, all the meadows and beaches

    Coming Home

    Around Tiree, all the meadows and beaches

    The Tiree Parish Church sits along a crossroad and I arrived here from all sides it was always the sight telling me that I was almost home at Drover´s Cottage, my lovely home in Tiree.

    Around Tiree, all the meadows and beaches