Apart from soaking in the unique Hebridean charm, there are numerous walks, and an abundance of wildlife. The chalet is on a working croft therefore you can often see lovely blackface sheep and lambs. The old style of crofting can still be seen; see peats being cut, watch some of the crofters making traditional hay/corn stooks and look out for the small black Hebridean sheep.
South Uist is one of the last bastions of the Gaelic language. Hear it being spoken in the shops in the "middle-district", the traditional heartland of the language. Take yourself off to an island cèilidh and learn to dance the exhausting Strip the Willow or opt for a gentler St Bernard's Waltz.
While away the hours fishing, or do a round of golf on the Old Tom Morris golf course at Askernish. If ancient temples, chambered cairns and standing stones interest you, then Uist is the place for you.
Why not visit the beautiful isle of Eriskay with its Jacobite connections, or venture further south to the Whiskey Galore isle of Barra, or north to the isle of Berneray with its glorious beaches stretching for miles and finish your day by visiting the award winning Taigh Chearsabhagh museum in Lochmaddy in North Uist.
If you wish to leave the kitchen sink behind, dine out in the nearby Pollachar Inn which starred in the original Whiskey Galore film or watch the glorious sunsets off the west of Eriskay in the conservatory of the Politician Bar and restaurant.
The hardest thing you will have to do is make to make your mind up what to do!
"Oh Uibhist nam buaidh is truagh nach robh mi leat ann"
(for a translation.... you need to visit us at Taigh a Ghlinne!) |
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