November 2023 We’d like to introduce a very special girl who is one of our neighbours on the island of Great Bernera. Her name is Arwen, she’s 11 years old and earlier this year she wrote a beautiful song called Connecting. This summer, while visiting the island for Rudi’s 60th birthday party, our talented friend, …
August 2023 This month, I went ‘on tour’ in the Scottish Highlands to promote my recently-published book, AudaciousNess. The photo above was taken at The Highland Weigh, an eco-friendly shop and café in the seaside town of Nairn on the Moray Firth. I also held talks at a yoga centre in Elgin and the local …
November 2021 We live on the island of Great Bernera, which, since 1953 has been connected to the Isle of Lewis by a 108ft (33m) single track bridge (see photo above). Before that, the only (dry) way for humans to reach Bernera was by boat (cattle were made to swim across the fast-flowing strait), although …
By Helen One book which has had a great impact on me is Island on the Edge: A Life on Soay by Anne Cholawo. In 2018, while touring the Outer Hebrides looking for a house to buy, I started questioning my decision to make such a bold move. I kept asking myself: Am I crazy? …
Boreray is one of four islands making up the St Kilda archipelago By Helen I recently had the great pleasure of ticking a longstanding wish off my bucket list, made possible by the suggestion of my good friend Jen and some superb autumn weather. On 5 October 2021, Jen and I took a day trip …
