Castle grounds - which is almost as run down as the Castle itself!
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Yes, there is a tree on Lewis. Quite a few of them as it happens. There's a wood round the Castle in Stornoway, a few stands of conifers around the island including here in North-Tolsta. I know, I have seen them.
That's the thing on the island, one does have to seek out the trees. And since I was brought up in Somerset and Wiltshire where trees abound - growing tall and strong, rustle in the gentle breezes and filter the autumn sun through the branches, I rather miss them. When I am in town to see William, Alec, the Coelyns, Toots or whoever, I make a point of walking among trees. I'm like that you know.
Why is that on the radio at the moment - Radio 4 don't you know not Isles FM or something - that lots of people being interviewed seem to start their answers to questions with 'So'? As in "So, we have...." . Please tell me if I have missed something!
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"so" turns up in Welsh too....AAAAARRRGH!!!!!
In Wales, when I worked as a solicitor, the general opening comment invariably was: 'What it is, see...' Always makes me laugh to think of it.
Iain, always the problem when the brain and mouth are working in different gears!!
Hmmm - I think I use "so" quite a lot at the beginning of sentenced as in so- then
I think I have become used to the open space here. On a trip to t' mainland last Autumn I thought how very cluttered the place was :-)
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