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| Name: | Ruud Ravenhorst |
| E-Mail: | rravenh AT xs4all dot nl |
| Town: | Haarlem/NH |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Date: | Mon May 5 19:25:37 2008 |
| How you found us: | Search Engine |
| Wrote... Visited the Shiants with a boat from Gairloch. Great! | |
| Name: | Regina M. Belt |
| E-Mail: | regbel_AT_msn_DoT_com |
| Town: | Crystal Lake |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Date: | Thu Apr 17 21:56:58 2008 |
| How you found us: | A link from another site |
| Wrote... I will be returning to Harris this summer; it\'s a place of special joy and peace for me......the Shiants were pointed out to me from the ferry and I am delighted that I found this site and know more about them. I intend to go purchase Sea Room now. May life continue on the Shiants as you describe! | |
| Name: | Bob Somers |
| E-Mail: | bob_DoT_somers_AT_btopenworld_DoT_com |
| Town: | Tottenham |
| Country: | UK |
| Date: | Fri Apr 11 14:06:28 2008 |
| How you found us: | I got the URL from the Book \'Sea Room\' |
| Wrote... I\'m 50% through reading your book slowly as I don\'t want to miss anything! It\'s a great read and fascinating history. | |
| Name: | Michelle Howe |
| E-Mail: | michelle_DoT_howe_AT_xtra_DoT_co_DoT_nz |
| Town: | Maketu, Bay of Plenty |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Date: | Mon Mar 24 03:14:13 2008 |
| How you found us: | I got the URL from the Book \'Sea Room\' |
| Wrote... Thank you for \"Sea Room\" I live on an estuary looking out to sea on the east coast of New Zealand and your book confirmed for me the joys of such a life where the tides, migratory bird life and the sound of the waves are a balme to the soul. Your book transported me to your own islands and reminded me of my Scottish and Manx heritage- the pull making me want to travel back there again | |
| Name: | Julia Best |
| E-Mail: | bestjb_AT_Cardiff_DoT_ac_DoT_uk |
| Town: | |
| Country: | Wales |
| Date: | Fri Feb 22 22:40:00 2008 |
| How you found us: | Other |
| Wrote... Dear Adam, Hello. I am a third year archaeology student at cardiff university, and am currently analysing the bird bone remains from the SHIP excavations for my dissertation. I was not sure how best to contact you so I thought I would try here first. I was wondering whether it would be possible for me to use some of the information on this website as introductory material for my final dissertation and for a display poster I am producing for the department? All information would of course be referenced and acknowledged in the documents. The more work I do the more I fall in love with these beautiful Islands. :) Thanks for your time Julia | |
| Name: | John Arthur |
| E-Mail: | aqod50_AT_dsl_DoT_pipex_DoT_com |
| Town: | London |
| Country: | UK |
| Date: | Tue Feb 19 17:19:26 2008 |
| How you found us: | I got the URL from the Book \'Sea Room\' |
| Wrote... I am 87, and housebound. I\'ve done quite a lot in my time! For me \"Sea Room\" was an escape. I loved it. Have you time to produce a newsletter to bring us up to date? As a result of reading your book I read your father\'s \"Portrait of a Marriage\" and am now starting \"Seize the Fire\". The nearest I ever got to the Shiants was when I was serving in the Royal Navy. After escorting an Atlantic convoy and before returning to base we would check on our weapons, and go fishing in the Minches with depth charges. A long time ago. | |
| Name: | Bill Smith |
| E-Mail: | billsmith49_AT_earthlink_DoT_net |
| Town: | Plainfield, Indiana |
| Country: | USA |
| Date: | Sun Feb 3 21:00:38 2008 |
| How you found us: | Search Engine |
| Wrote... I thoroughly enjoyed reading \"Sea Room\" as well as \"Seize the Fire\". My wife and I are planning another trip to Scotland and if time allows we would like to visit Harris/Lewis. On the ferry from Skye, what is the chance (just a guess, I know) that we can see the Shiants on our ferry trip? Is there a specific ferry trip we should take that would be closer to the Shiants and allow at least a look at them as we go or come? Thanks. | |
| Name: | mary lou bethune |
| E-Mail: | marylou909_AT_bellsouth_DoT_net |
| Town: | Hillsborough, North Carolina |
| Country: | USA |
| Date: | Fri Jan 25 18:10:06 2008 |
| How you found us: | Other |
| Wrote... Dear Adam, I wrote before quoting Virginia Woolf to you and praising your Sea Room. I will quote again \" the country is like a convent; the soul rises to the top\". I am sure that your island is that to you. I wonder if you gave the island to your son when he reached 21? Did he want it? Write some more- and read The Water in Between by Keven Patterson- a philosphical sailor doctor Mary Lou Bethune | |
| Name: | Catriona Graham |
| E-Mail: | catrionadgraham_AT_gmail_DoT_com |
| Town: | Llanfair Caereinion |
| Country: | Wales |
| Date: | Wed Jan 23 10:46:33 2008 |
| How you found us: | Search Engine |
| Wrote... Apart from being a great read which allows the reader to join you on the Shiants, I am finding it really interesting as my grandfather was a Stewart from Stornoway and his father from Kilmory in Arran, so island people who made their living from the land and sea. I can imagine their life better now, in all its harshness and also peace and beauty. I think that the Minch is a natural limiter of what we all fear, an excess of visitors who are not of the adventurous doughty and considerate sort!Catriona | |
| Name: | Gerald MacAlpine |
| E-Mail: | gmacalpine_AT_ns_DoT_sympatico_DoT_ca |
| Town: | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Country: | Canada |
| Date: | Fri Jan 18 00:59:40 2008 |
| How you found us: | I got the URL from the Book \'Sea Room\' |
| Wrote... Just finished reading the book and enjoyed it all. The mention of \"lazy beds\" brought back memories of helping my father make his when he was planting potatoes in wet ground. How they got the \"lazy\" name, I don\'t know because it is one tough way to plant a garden. I have always had an interest in Scotland and have visited parts of it when I was in the navy, actually my first foreign port was Lamlash! My grandmother was a Morrison but her branch of the clan was from Durness and her grandfather came from there in 1827. I also have the book, \"Seize the Fire\" which I haven\'t got to read yet. | |
| Name: | Esme Boone |
| E-Mail: | boone_1_AT_sympatico_DoT_ca |
| Town: | Kenora, Ontario |
| Country: | Canada |
| Date: | Tue Jan 15 01:30:26 2008 |
| How you found us: | Search Engine |
| Wrote... I live in Canada, and have visited the Hebrides four times in five years (Lewis mainly). A friend, knowing how I love this place, gave me The Sea Room for Christmas. I am still reading (and loving) it. I was looking for some good pictures of it as the photos in the book don\'t have any explanations beside them. I love Ann Bowkes\' photos, they really make one feel that one has been there. Thank you Ann Thank you for the book Mr Nicolson | |
| Name: | Barry Greenwood |
| E-Mail: | barry_DoT_d_DoT_greenwood_AT_btinternet_DoT_com |
| Town: | Cullingworth, West Yorkshire |
| Country: | England |
| Date: | Thu Dec 27 12:52:39 2007 |
| How you found us: | I got the URL from the Book \'Sea Room\' |
| Wrote... I first saw your islands from the deck of HMS Glasgow in the 50\'s, bound for Invergordon. Fascinated by them at the time and since during trips to Lewis. I enjoyed your book very much indeed. | |
| Name: | Tim |
| E-Mail: | timaroy_AT_yahoo_DoT_co_DoT_uk |
| Town: | Buckhaven |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Date: | Thu Dec 27 12:12:47 2007 |
| How you found us: | Search Engine |
| Wrote... Had this book for ages and its still one of my favourites, one day Ill visit the islands and I\'ll be taking this book with me | |
| Name: | andrew preston |
| E-Mail: | andrew_AT_824_DoT_com_DoT_au |
| Town: | rozelle |
| Country: | australia |
| Date: | Sun Dec 23 05:44:06 2007 |
| How you found us: | A link from another site |
| Wrote... Thankyou for \"Sea Room\" | |
| Name: | John Sayles |
| E-Mail: | JWSAYL_AT_hotmail_DoT_com |
| Town: | Poland Spring, Maine |
| Country: | USA |
| Date: | Tue Dec 4 20:59:16 2007 |
| How you found us: | I got the URL from the Book \'Sea Room\' |
| Wrote... Greetings! I finished reading \"Sea Room\" earlier today and decided to check out the website out of a desire to prolong the Shiant experience just a little longer. Well done...I especially enjoyed Ann Bowker\'s photos of her visit. Adam, I loved your book and can think of only one question: Did you ever locate the William Norrie photos...or any photos for that matter...of the Campbell family? Thank you and good luck! | |
| Name: | Jack Street |
| E-Mail: | Jackjeeppy_AT_aol_DoT_com |
| Town: | Sheffield |
| Country: | England |
| Date: | Sun Nov 18 21:18:33 2007 |
| How you found us: | Other |
| Wrote... Hi I saw you on tv and just thought about looking at the Shiant Is ,very interesting as I am an Ornithologist and Bird ringer maybe I can visit one day Jack | |
| Name: | Geza Gaspardy |
| E-Mail: | geza1954_AT_hotmail_DoT_com |
| Town: | Milton, Ontario |
| Country: | Canada |
| Date: | Thu Nov 8 15:02:49 2007 |
| How you found us: | Other |
| Wrote... I searched Shiants on Google and found a place marker for this site. What a delight to find this web site and dream of the possibility of visiting these islands! I am less than half way into \"Sea Room\" and have difficulty putting it down each night before sleep. Splendid! Thank you Mr. Nicholson. Geza | |
| Name: | Amanda Dawe |
| E-Mail: | wedgeisland_DoT_com_DoT_au |
| Town: | via lancelin |
| Country: | Western Australia |
| Date: | Wed Nov 7 09:06:41 2007 |
| How you found us: | I got the URL from the Book \'Sea Room\' |
| Wrote... Just finished your book, I struggled on and off, sped through some bits, skipped some, and was carried away by other bits, to me it was a little disjointed and was left with the thought that you had heaps more to say, but bit your tongue, got to the end and I got it! I suppose its a guy thing though, size!!! If you own a little plot, an acre or an Island or two its not the size that matters its what you do with it! And I think you can be proud of what you are doing with your \"bit\' We love our little island that we live adjacent to and the family have fished here for 30 years and our children and grandchildren now see it everyday and thats nice...something continuing.... | |
| Name: | John Simpson |
| E-Mail: | jonrussim_AT_waitrose_DoT_com |
| Town: | Framlingham |
| Country: | England |
| Date: | Sun Oct 28 19:57:02 2007 |
| How you found us: | I got the URL from the Book \'Sea Room\' |
| Wrote... A wonderful book, leaving me with more to ponder than many on more pretentious themes. (Ex-Navy - first winter of the war in Sullom Voe in the Shetlands, next two at Scapa Flow in the Orkneys ...) | |
| Name: | Rob Thomas |
| E-Mail: | rbt_AT_klikhome_DoT_com |
| Town: | Richmond, VA |
| Country: | USA |
| Date: | Fri Oct 12 05:37:52 2007 |
| How you found us: | I don\'t remember |
| Wrote... Am reading Seamanship (or sea, man, ship). Great writing! Being of Welsh, Irish, Scots and English descent, I best get over there and have a look before too long. An avid sailor, I have been thinking to do a tour round Ireland of the lighthouses and lightships referenced on the Commissioner of Irish Lights website. By sea of course. Anyone interested? | |
| Name: | William Smiton |
| E-Mail: | notimsw_AT_hotmail_DoT_com |
| Town: | Ballyclare |
| Country: | Co Antrim, N Ireland. |
| Date: | Tue Oct 2 12:58:09 2007 |
| How you found us: | Search Engine |
| Wrote... I bought \"Sea Room\" on a visit to Skye in July and found it to be one of the best researched and interesting books I have read and one which engaged with my love of islands and wildlife as well as encompassing a strong sense of history. Found your site after doing an internet search so still learning about the islands which incidentaly featured briefly on the TV series \"Coast\" Now have an ambition to visit as soon as possible. | |
| Name: | SUSAN WALTER |
| E-Mail: | redsusan_AT_nycap_DoT_rr_DoT_com |
| Town: | schenectady new york state |
| Country: | usa |
| Date: | Sun Sep 30 19:17:06 2007 |
| How you found us: | A link from another site |
| Wrote... Dear Mr. Nicolson, Once again I\'ve been able to visit your beloved Shaints via \"cyber-trip.\" Have read Sea Room,as has my husband, we\'ve visited Scotland, Skye, Harris and Lewis, and I gazed happily upon your islands in 2004. Today, it was a new thrill to review the archeological findings. So very happy you have ongoing funding. A very deeply felt \"Thank you \" for sharing the findings here! It may interest you to know, I sit in upstate new York, beside a window overlooking my backyard, where there are many red flowers, inspired by your wife Sarah\'s books. I wish you well, always. Susan | |
| Name: | Sheila Harrington |
| E-Mail: | sheilajane44_AT_hotmail_DoT_com |
| Town: | Hobart |
| Country: | Tasmania, Australia |
| Date: | Sat Sep 29 06:43:07 2007 |
| How you found us: | Word of mouth |
| Wrote... I have never really gotten the Shiant Isands out of my mind since reading Sea Room. I love to think of them often and imagine being there. | |
| Name: | john lehman |
| E-Mail: | johnelehman57_AT_msn_DoT_com |
| Town: | Springfield, Virginia |
| Country: | USA |
| Date: | Thu Sep 27 21:50:09 2007 |
| How you found us: | Search Engine |
| Wrote... I just sent this message to a friend of mine who loves islands: You will love this book, Jim. Guaranteed, or money back! It is the most unbelievably articulate book about his experiences in the Shiants--a combination of facts and ideas--about the \"inherent sanctity\" of islands, his attempts to \"dig out\" literally the islands\' past, the wild weather and seas, the beauty of the wildflowers, the birds, the views, and most of all of the solitary life there, without all the noise of civilization. His sense of living where people have lived for thousands of year, but now are gone--who were these people, what was their life like? I am very familiar with this part of the world, and to a lesser extent you are too, but you in particular are drawn to islands(now I am too!). He talks about things or ideas we may have missed in our wanderings, or accentuates thoughts we may have just started to think about. Sea currents, religious life, shipwrecks, life on the bigger islands of Lewis and Harris (where we went together in 1994 I believe). He breathes life and drama into every rock, every discovery, every season, and especially what it means metephysically, philosophically to be on an island, (e.g., life surrounded by a sea of death). His erudition, literary style, enthusiasm about just what you love will enchant you. And I\'m not yet halfway through the book. Even if you never go there, you\'ll feel like you have. Is it possible to visit these islands? I travel in Britain every year, especially in Wester Ross, Sutherland, and the Western Isles and Northern Isles and am familair with many of the book\'s references--but have never even seen the Shiants. Thanks. John Lehman | |
| Name: | Tim Lodge |
| E-Mail: | webmaster_AT_shiantisles_DoT_net |
| Town: | Bray |
| Country: | UK |
| Date: | Tue Sep 4 17:08:59 2007 |
| How you found us: | Other |
| Wrote... Just starting a fresh page in the guest book. To see entries earlier than 24 August 2007, please follow the link above the guest book form. | |
| Name: | Tim Lodge |
| E-Mail: | webmaster_AT_shiantisles_DoT_net |
| Town: | Bray |
| Country: | UK |
| Date: | Tue Sep 4 17:07:46 2007 |
| How you found us: | Other |
| Wrote... Just starting a fresh page in the guest book. To see entries earlier than 24 August 2007, please follow the link above the guest book form. | |