Comments on: Benbecula http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/ by Michael Grey ... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:10:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: mike http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/comment-page-1/#comment-1322 mike Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:53:04 +0000 http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/#comment-1322 Thanks for your note, Donald. It's almost a relief to know there was/is piping (and such great playing!) in Benbecula - Torlum, especially. Maybe next time I'll hear it - maybe on Lionaclait beach! I'll look for Ray Burnett's work. Thanks for the tip. Cheers, Mike Thanks for your note, Donald. It’s almost a relief to know there was/is piping (and such great playing!) in Benbecula – Torlum, especially. Maybe next time I’ll hear it – maybe on Lionaclait beach! I’ll look for Ray Burnett’s work. Thanks for the tip. Cheers, Mike

]]> By: donald http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/comment-page-1/#comment-1321 donald Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:11:06 +0000 http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/#comment-1321 Mike, great site, haven't looked at it for a while. There has been plenty of piping in the Old Schoolhouse, that's where John and Allan Burnett grew up (John had prizes in the Silver Medal in the late 90s). Their father Ray wrote the definitive history of Benbecula, as well as establishing the Young Piper of the Year contest at the School. I've played my pipes within earshot of your ancestral homestead many a time. Midges in Uist? No, it's always too windy. It's the flies and cleggs that are the little b$st@rds! Anyway, one of the world's finest venues for a beach barbeque is Lionaclait Beach, just behind the Dark Island Hotel. Mike, great site, haven’t looked at it for a while. There has been plenty of piping in the Old Schoolhouse, that’s where John and Allan Burnett grew up (John had prizes in the Silver Medal in the late 90s). Their father Ray wrote the definitive history of Benbecula, as well as establishing the Young Piper of the Year contest at the School.

I’ve played my pipes within earshot of your ancestral homestead many a time. Midges in Uist? No, it’s always too windy. It’s the flies and cleggs that are the little b$st@rds! Anyway, one of the world’s finest venues for a beach barbeque is Lionaclait Beach, just behind the Dark Island Hotel.

]]> By: mike http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/comment-page-1/#comment-1314 mike Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:34:46 +0000 http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/#comment-1314 Thanks, Andrew! I had both the wet and the sun, and glad of it. Not sure about the Muse but will say a great place to reflect ...when not swatting midges. M. Thanks, Andrew! I had both the wet and the sun, and glad of it. Not sure about the Muse but will say a great place to reflect …when not swatting midges. M.

]]> By: aberthoff http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/comment-page-1/#comment-1313 aberthoff Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:06:38 +0000 http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/#comment-1313 Great post! Nothing on earth tops the Western Isles on a fair summer day, and it looks like you had a few. Here's hoping that the muse struck in a big way! Great post! Nothing on earth tops the Western Isles on a fair summer day, and it looks like you had a few. Here’s hoping that the muse struck in a big way!

]]> By: iainmacd http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 iainmacd Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:52:38 +0000 http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/#comment-1312 That explains it, then. No midges when we were there. : ) That explains it, then. No midges when we were there. : )

]]> By: mike http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/comment-page-1/#comment-1311 mike Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:25:11 +0000 http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/#comment-1311 Get rid of the midges and I could see "glorious"! M Get rid of the midges and I could see “glorious”! M

]]> By: iainmacd http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/comment-page-1/#comment-1310 iainmacd Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:49:30 +0000 http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/#comment-1310 So THAT's where you disappeared to after the Worlds. Good choice. We went last summer for a few days. My rellies emigrated from South Uist on the ship "Alexander" in 1772, and when I was first there for the Games [July 1978] the ladies in the tea tent were able to geographically locate where the folks lived. We had four glorious days there in 2007, and it was the highlight of the summer. So THAT’s where you disappeared to after the Worlds. Good choice. We went last summer for a few days. My rellies emigrated from South Uist on the ship “Alexander” in 1772, and when I was first there for the Games [July 1978] the ladies in the tea tent were able to geographically locate where the folks lived. We had four glorious days there in 2007, and it was the highlight of the summer.

]]> By: mike http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/comment-page-1/#comment-1309 mike Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:02:50 +0000 http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/#comment-1309 Thanks, Sean! I hope you and Annie are enjoying Europe. I'm sure the band playing in Paris with Andre Rieu was pretty great! Cheers, M Thanks, Sean! I hope you and Annie are enjoying Europe. I’m sure the band playing in Paris with Andre Rieu was pretty great! Cheers, M

]]> By: Sean Mc http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/comment-page-1/#comment-1308 Sean Mc Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:17:09 +0000 http://www.dunaber.com/2008/09/01/benbecula/#comment-1308 Mike, great photo's there! I am reminded of the Jig "Over To Uist." Hope all is well. Mike, great photo’s there! I am reminded of the Jig “Over To Uist.” Hope all is well.

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