A Hebridean Odyssey: Part 9 - Harris: Exploring South and East Harris
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- This video is the ninth in a series that documents a trip taken in May 2022, in which we visited 16 of the Hebridean islands. This and 4 other episodes are video diaries of places visited, scenery seen and roads driven on the Isle of Harris in the Western Isles.
This particular video covers our journey exploring the south and east of the island. The journey begins in Rodel, its harbour and its church of St Clements (known as ‘the grandest medieval building in the Western Isles’ built around 1520 by Alexander MacLeod of Dunvegan and Harris and the preferred site for MacLeod burials). It then continues through the unique, otherworldly, rocky landscape of the Bays and the Golden Road and on up towards the Isle of Scalpay.
Further videos from Harris on my CZcams channel cover crossing the Sound of Harris and Leverburgh, the Isle of Scalpay, the beaches of the West of Harris and Tarbert and the North of Harris.
Music:
1. Chris Zabriskie Prelude No. 21
2. Anne Martin and Indrid Henderson Òran Mòr MhicLeòid (The Great Song Of MacLeod) from Nighean Nan Geug
3. Gary Alexander The Bays of Harris from The Echoes of Eriskay
4. NaturesEye The Bays of Harris from Pixabay
5. Tony McManus Sliabh Gal Cua/Kishor's Tune from Ceol More
6. William Jackson Sine Bhan from Celtic Tranquility
7. William Jackson Mist Covered Mountains from Celtic Tranquility
8. The Sound of Mull Oran Luathaidh (Waulking Song) from The Sound of Mull
9. William Jackson Aran Boat Song from Celtic Tranquility
10. Trevor Simpson Black Isle
11. Kenneth Hope Hills of Memory from Ancient Times in Magic Lands
12. Terry-Devine King Leverburgh from Flight of Spring
Beautiful - again, thank you. 😉
At the boys' middle and secondary schools I went to the jackets were Harris Tweed; I knew it was special, but I had no idea how special, until I saw a manually operated loom and realised how much precious dedicated human labour had been involved on top of all the spinning.
The light is completely different with the return journey here and elsewhere, softer and warmer in the evening.
How do you determine who pulls over to let the other pass? In America, such a situation would be a flash point to road rage and death. I'm not kidding either.
There are rules here for using single track roads which (most) people adhere to www.scotlandinfo.eu/driving-single-track-roads-in-scotland/ . I find the roads easy to drive because there are no/few hedges along the roadsides and, unless the road is very twisty, you can see oncoming traffic from a distance. And everyone acknowledges each other for giving way, so it all feels very friendly!