成人快手

I was glad to hear that the pharmaceutical plant at Breascleit, near Callanish, will be reopening next month. Although I'm not very familiar with its background, it used to extract beneficial compounds (referred to as omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids) from fishoil. As I reported in a previous post, until its closure a few months ago, the plant was used by Edinburgh-based Biolitec for the production of a cancerdrug of unproven benefit.
The factory at Breascleit is one of those enterprises which suits Lewis right down to the bones. It is based on fishery, which is (or used to be) one of the mainstays of the island's economy. Unfortunately, when talking to a local fisherman at Carloway in the summer, only one boat currently operates out of that port these days. Whether fishermen will once again be landing fish at Breascleit is not clear to me.
I hope this is going to be a success story once again, if only to bring some much needed employment to an economically fragile area. We have seen the demise of a formerly very successful industry over the last 10 years - Harris Tweed. Also suited Lewis to the ground. Crofters weaving tweed at home, using yarn supplied by local mills. The yarn made out of local sheepwool. However, due to shortsightedness on the part of the authorities and outright greed, this has now collapsed. The last I heard was that Harris Tweed was used for the production of Nike caps and running shoes, handbags and the like.

I'll dust off my volume of "Nil Desperandum".