Amazing internet
Posted: Wednesday, 11 July 2007 |
5 comments |
Once upon a time news travelled by word of mouth. Then someone invented the telephone and to keep up with Coll news it became necessary to have a contact in Glasgow, because many of the juicy bits went there first. Now there is Skype and the hot gossip travels to New York and back. I kid you not, Coll is big in the big apple!
Back here the building boom is continuing. We went east to inspect the road, which isn't well, although nowhere near as rough as the west end road last summer and also a new type of house. A beko house. I know that is spelt wrong, but we have a Beko fridge, and I can't remember the house spelling. A beko house is made using giant lego blocks made of polystyrene and filling the hollow bits inside with cement and unfolded paper clips (reinforcing). It's been on Grand Designs, even I've seen it so it must be several years old. Along with the blocks they supply an instructor for a day, except on Coll you get him for a day and a half (thanks Calmac, occasionally the timetable works out really well) and if he has a trainee you get him as well, so the house, which is really small, went up very quickly. When we saw it it was up to ceiling level and looked very house-like. Out west a traditional timber kit house is going up, about the size of a small industrial estate, so I'm looking forward to some great parties there. And inbetween there is a lot of grumbling at lack of building warrents and paperwork delays.
Meanwhile back on tourist Coll the raft race is this Saturday and I still don't know if the beer is here, the golf course is playable, the beach football is next Saturday and White Lightening will probably be without trainee chef as he has a dodgy ankle. The village fishing is on Monday 23 and the show is 3 August. And that will be the end of the summer. Except for the Half Marathon and 5 and 10 k runs, which are attracting loads of entries ((Sat 25 Aug), although I would advise anyone not to run as Piperactive are playing that night and plenty of energy will be needed for dancing!
Posted on NiconColl at 00:14
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End of summer? Summer hasn't even started yet here! But we keep on hoping...
Jill from EK
"Coll is big in the big apple! " Da worm,Niconcoll? Raft race? Shapinsay had one, and there were no casualties, though I would not be seen paddling down the Shatt al Arab (or whatever) in those floating contraptions. Not with a UK (or US!) passport. Piperactive is playing? A blast in the making. Are you selling ear plugs on the side?
mjc from NM,USA
piperactive?
typhoon from not there
A hyperband?
Flying Cat from chantin'
Nah, just a loud kinetic piping band (I think), with kilts showing off the island knees in all their glory.
mjc from NM,USA
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