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Riddoch on the Outer Hebrides is a thought-provoking commentary based on broadcaster Lesley Riddoch's cycle journey through a beautiful island chain facing seismic cultural and economic change. Her experience is described in a typically affectionate but hard-hitting style; with humour, anecdote and a growing sympathy for islanders tired of living at the margins but fearful of closer contact with mainland Scotland. In this new updated edition, Lesley Riddoch examines changes in the island communities she visited since her first journey 15 years ago.
Riddoch on the Outer Hebrides is a thought-provoking commentary based on broadcaster Lesley Riddoch's cycle journey through a beautiful island chain facing seismic cultural and economic change. Her experience is described in a typically affectionate but hard-hitting style; with humour, anecdote and a growing sympathy for islanders tired of living at the margins but fearful of closer contact with mainland Scotland.
In this new updated edition, Lesley Riddoch examines changes in the island communities she visited since her first journey 15 years ago.
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C<strong>on</strong>tents<br />
Preface to <strong>the</strong> 2022 Editi<strong>on</strong> 7<br />
Foreword 9<br />
Angus Brendan MacNeil, MP Na h-Eileanan an Iar<br />
Tuppence Worth 10<br />
Maxwell MacLeod<br />
Introducti<strong>on</strong> 13<br />
<strong>Lesley</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Riddoch</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Acknowledgements 20<br />
Barra to Vatersay <strong>the</strong> Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Isles 21<br />
Depopulati<strong>on</strong>, missing women and beach landings<br />
Pabbay not getting to Mingulay 39<br />
Pabbay, Caithness and ghostly piping<br />
Lochboisdale to Daliburgh South Uist 49<br />
Ceolas, step dancing, dating and traditi<strong>on</strong>s<br />
Daliburgh to Balivanich Benbecula 61<br />
Gaelic, golf, Transport Ministers and archaeological remains<br />
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