Archive for June, 2018

The warm dry spell that spread across the whole country in late spring and extended into early summer came as much welcome relief for the island after one of the wettest winters in memory.  Ground sodden for months gradually became firm and fit for use, so that farmers and crofters could catch up with work long made impossible. Visitors lucky enough to come in early summer enjoyed the best run of warm, dry weather in perhaps a decade, with heads scratched ...