• Colonsay at Night

    Published On: Apr 1, 20161.2 min readCategories: First Person, Just for Fun, Nature

    I think most peoples perception of the undoubted beauty of Colonsay is limited to daylight , but, as a semi-nocturnal person by way of profession, I have always enjoyed being...

  • Sober October & Mo-vember

    Published On: Feb 18, 20160.4 min readCategories: Just for Fun

    A couple of Colonsay's residents recently took up the Sober October Challenge in which an individual is sponsored to stay off the booze for the whole of October to raise...

  • Photo/Video of the Month

    Published On: Feb 17, 20160.4 min readCategories: Just for Fun, Photo of the Month

    Now the weather is perking up and although the sheep may still be drenched and a bit sad-looking we at Corncrake HQ know there are still beautiful photographic moments to...

  • Song of the Month

    Published On: Feb 17, 20160.5 min readCategories: Just for Fun, Music, Song of the Month

    Each month we will feature a song suggested by our readers. Please send your recommendations (or links to SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Youtube etc) to caitlinmusic@hotmail.co.uk or comment below This months selection...

  • Doctor in the Wildnerness

    Published On: Jun 1, 20151 min readCategories: Horticultural, Just for Fun, Odds and Ends

    It would be good to be fit and healthy for as long as possible, and any pointers in the right direction might be of value.  Many Colonsay folk will remember...

  • The General Election

    Published On: May 1, 20150.4 min readCategories: Just for Fun, Politics

    Queen Elizabeth I kindly remarked “We have quite forgot the fart” to put at ease the courtier returning from some years in the wilderness.  Let us hope that the electorate...

  • That Dress!

    Published On: Mar 1, 20150.9 min readCategories: Community News, Just for Fun

    An incredible story arose after the wedding.  Seemingly Grace’s mother had been wondering about a dress that she thought of wearing, so she sent a picture to Grace for an...

  • Cnoc an Ardrigh

    Published On: Feb 4, 20151.1 min readCategories: History, Just for Fun

    Readers might remember the Christmas competition, which aimed to identify a tiny holding on the 1808 Estate Map; purely by chance, it has now been noticed that the area in...

  • Oban Times March 8th, 1879

    Published On: Feb 4, 20151.1 min readCategories: History, Just for Fun

    COLONSAY Ploughing Match:  Competitions for ploughing supremacy were commenced on this island twenty-four years ago, and, with the exception of a few years’ break, have been continued to this day. ...

  • A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR READERS

    Published On: Jan 3, 20150.2 min readCategories: Community News, Just for Fun

    AND HAPPY 15th BIRTHDAY TO THE CORNCRAKE, WHICH FIRST APPEARED IN JANUARY 2000 (what larks! Do you remember the Millenium Bug Y2K? The River of Fire? The Dome? The Wobbly...

  • Christmas Competition Result

    Published On: Jan 3, 20152.4 min readCategories: Just for Fun

    Our illustration is from David Wilson’s Colonsay Map of 1808. Good copies were available at the Post Office and Pantry and readers were challenged to locate and describe any trace...

  • Christmas Competition

    Published On: Dec 1, 20140.9 min readCategories: History, Just for Fun

    Our illustration is from a later edition of David Wilson’s Colonsay Map of 1804; this particular edition includes the new Mill, so is probably dated about 1870, but the edition...

  • Fish of the Month

    Published On: Jul 4, 20140.2 min readCategories: Just for Fun

    This beautiful looking fish was caught on the west side of the island by Colm McNicholl. We think it’s a male Corkwing Wrasse which is native to the eastern Atlantic...

  • A Recipe Shared

    Published On: Jun 27, 20141.2 min readCategories: Just for Fun

    Bob and Alison liked this so much they thought they would share it with Corncrake readers.  If you have a recipe you thinks deserves to be shared please email colonsayldohannah@gmail.com...

  • Stone Me What A Find!

    Published On: Jun 27, 20142.6 min readCategories: Just for Fun

    There is, just to the West side of the 18th green of the Isle of Colonsay Golf Course, a large stone lying between many a golfer and a satisfactory finish...

  • Video test

    Published On: Jun 10, 20141.4 min readCategories: Just for Fun

    There is a moment in everyone's life when they have the ultimate realization... an epiphany if you will. They realize that beyond everything that this world has to offer, beyond...

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  • Published On: Jul 20, 2018

    The Front Page – July 2018

    Though the not-quite-a-drought time eventually ended, summer did not part, as it might have done,...

  • Published On: Jun 6, 2018

    The Front Page – June 2018

    The warm dry spell that spread across the whole country in late spring and extended...

  • Published On: May 3, 2018

    The Front Page – May 2018

    Spring came late this year, but by May calving and lambing were well underway on...

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