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Community Shops I forgot to mention. Our whole family spent a holiday at Orbost House many years ago. Posted by Alan Wyle on 09 February 2010  Community Shops Hello, I was trying to find an email contact for the Appin Shop when I came across you. I have worked for ViRSA and Action in rural Sussex supporting the creation and running of Commnity Shops.I believe that they are the future for most villages. I wish you every success. In April I moved to Vancouver for a year (babysitting) which gave me time to set up a Community Shops Email Forum which is working very well. Whatever question you have there is probably someone amongst the 150 shops that have "done it." It costs you nothing to become art of it and it may help you.I run it all myself. There is no advertising and your contact details are not passed on. I have now started a monthly newsletter, happy to send you a copy. My wife and I ran a village shop and post office for 15 years. Posted by Alan Wyle on 09 February 2010 Renewable Energy I read with great interest te Renewables section of your website. On 13th August. I will be coming to visit the site of a friend who will be building there as I will be drilling the boreholes for His geothermal heating system and water well. If we can be of any help to the community regarding renewables please get in touch. Regards. Jim. 07740983280. Posted by Jim Fraser on 13 August 2009 Dear members of the community, I arrived in Camuscross as a weary cyclist and left it with new energy. Please forward my thanks to the nice hosts.Unfortunately, I cannot find their address anymore (see here: www.islandperrad.blog.de/2009/02/21/the-foundation-of-happiness-5622861/ ). With kind regards from Erfurt, Germany Petra Posted by on 21 February 2009 miss you all So pleased to come across your site. Made me so home sick for cc.I here the Games day was a great sucess,will definately try to make it for next year.I was lucky enough to stay in cc for some time and like feel it was home, we all moved to Oban for work reasons and Martin and I miss cc and all the friendly people and breathtaking views. We both wish the steering group all the best.So nice that we can go online and see how you all are.Donny good write up in last weeks Oban Times! take care all miss you Marie and Martin xx PS I look forward to seeing the pictures of the Camuscross Olympics. Posted by Marie on 28 August 2008 Crofting Olympics on 26 August 2008 Best wishes on 03 August 2008 Goodbye for now! on 01 August 2008 Great site! What a great site! I found it while I was looking for things to do when we are on holiday in Skye next month. What a great place Camuscross sounds like. I did not know people did things together like that any more. It sounds like the stories my father told me of growing up in a wee village in Argyll 70 years ago. Good luck with all your plans, Katherine Posted by Katherine MacLean on 15 July 2008 Cngratulations on site updated to 2009 02 04. Contents make me homesick while here in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 3000km away Is there a reason why The Initiative does not embrace the Isleornsay area including Duisdale Beag and Disdale Mor which were key areas of the west coast with scheduled shipping service from Glasgow and nearly a railway to Broadford? I lived at No 3 and No21 Camuscross and with the Frasers at Duisdale Beag, attended Duisdale Public School (in bare feet + peat!), was telegraph boy from Brae Ord to Drumfearn & Kinloch,attended Sunday School at the Missionary's house and even rowed with the Policeman's son to Sandaig in the Policeman's Boat. Interested to read about An Lairag on my late Mother's Croft on which we planted the trees to preserve it from traffic parking. I had my boat there for mackarel and dreamt of doing so much before being sent to Bulgaria as a United Nations Consultant. Here is a question for the Historical Group: Boswell who toured the Highlands with Dr Johnson in 1773 On Sunday Sep 05 wrote 'I walked to the parish church of Slate'(Kilmore?)...'There are no church bells in the Island' and later on Wed 1773 09 29 'After a very good sleep, I rose more refreshed than I had been for some nights'....'Col. who had gone yesterday to pay a visit at Camuscross, joined us this morning at breakfast' Question; which house did he visit in Camuscross? ie before the William Nicol sailed in 1837 and the Sillery 0n 1853 03 07. Slainte, Alister PS we have out Ceilidhs here. Isabel was Chieftain of the Scottish St Andrew's Society for four years. We both look forward to the 'Homecoming' & work to do. Posted by Alister I M Macmillan on 13 February 2009 |
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