Saturday 21 July 2007

Haggis Day 6

July 19th

On the islands of Harris and Lewis people used to live in black houses--blackened by burning peat.

Nobody lives in them anymore. We were entertained by a lady churning butter and a man pedaling a tweed loom.

It's a watch tower; it's a fort; it's a home; it's a visible status symbol; it's a broch. A man's home is his castle.

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