Archive for January 22nd, 2010

Tiree Community Powerdown project has been looking at the feasibility of electric vehicles. The community identified green transport as an objective in the 2004 Community Development Plan. Electric vehicles have improved in design and battery capacity to give robust vehicles with ranges of up to 70 miles and top speeds of 60 miles per hour…. »

For a second year the three ladies who provide the meals at Tigh a Rudha and also for the Island’s Meals on Wheels service have attained a Safe Catering Award run by Food Standards Agency for Scotland. Catherine Ina, is the cook and has worked at Tigh a Rudha for twenty-four years. Anne and Jean… »

December began where November left off, being rather mild, wet and windy but it became increasingly colder (and drier) and by the end of the month, an unusually prolonged spell of sub-zero temperatures set in as it did across the whole of Scotland. The freezing weather made conditions very tough for many of our wintering… »