Vital Supplies Arrive

On Saturday morning a very important delivery arrived - the annual consignment of beet pulp. It comes up all the way from East Anglia, and is the solid remains from the crushing of sugar beet, formed into pellets.

A typical crofter will take about four or five tons - each of the pallet loads in the picture is 1.5 tons. While the consignment is bought communally, the ordering being done each year by Pat MacPhail, it's the responsibility of each crofter to be on hand to help offload.

The beneficiaries of all this hard work are the townships' sheep, in this case the animals in Kilchoan, Ormsaigmore and Ormsaigbeg. Another load is on it's way later this week for the crofters on the north coast.

With a hard winter forecast, it's a good job done for another year.

Many thanks to Pat MacPhail for the photos.