tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36694635.post5377853629892727382..comments2023-09-26T16:14:56.918+01:00Comments on Tales from the Outer Hebrides.: Lewispothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03200064980807531710noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36694635.post-50394042425657961432008-09-28T12:27:00.000+01:002008-09-28T12:27:00.000+01:00Hi howlingduckranch Thank you for the message.I've...Hi howlingduckranch <BR/>Thank you for the message.I've very much enjoyed reading your own blog. Your life in BC sounds much more challenging than my own.I spent a very happy month travelling through Nova Scotia, Cape Breton and Newfoundland three years ago and would have probably moved to live in Canada if I'd been younger.<BR/>The Mink trappers are now working in this village and moving North. There seems every liklihood that most/all of the mink will be eradicated in the next couple of years and I will then start to keep hens again.Unlike you, we have no other predators.No foxes or badgers. Just a few Eagles, daft sheepdogs and domestic cats. Think I would collapse in a heap if I came face to face with a cougar or bear.I'm a peace loving, live and let live sort of bloke, but think I would have to have a rifle close to me if I lived in your cicumstances.<BR/>Lewispot.Lewispothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200064980807531710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36694635.post-16613994698738317672008-09-27T14:32:00.000+01:002008-09-27T14:32:00.000+01:00I'm interested to know how the work with the minks...I'm interested to know how the work with the minks has gone? Are there any chicken flocks yet? Where I live, Bella Coola Valley, British Columbia, we have many predators. Just yesterday, I was having to chase off the bald eagles from my free-range flock. Other days its the fox, or a red-tailed hawk. And don't even get me started on the cougars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36694635.post-58591959999350927722008-08-14T13:40:00.000+01:002008-08-14T13:40:00.000+01:00Hi Marie. You can find more information about the ...Hi Marie. You can find more information about the ponies from the Eriskay Pony Society at www.eriskaypony.com. You should be able to contact the society secretary through the website.Also try looking up the Eriskay pony(mother society) site.<BR/>Good luck.Lewispothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200064980807531710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36694635.post-75114634331931892222008-08-14T10:33:00.000+01:002008-08-14T10:33:00.000+01:00Thanks for the lovely info on the Eriskay ponies ;...Thanks for the lovely info on the Eriskay ponies ;) We travelled through to Barra from Eriskay and did not see them but are going back to see them and have seen and worked with one on the Barra. So exciting.<BR/><BR/>Do you have any more details on who we can speak to etc to find out more about them. We currently breed welsh ponies and have a registered stud. We are very intered in the ponies as they have such a wonderful temperment.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05522117264244587289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36694635.post-57306634027683079622008-08-14T10:32:00.000+01:002008-08-14T10:32:00.000+01:00Thanks for the lovely info on the Eriskay ponies ;...Thanks for the lovely info on the Eriskay ponies ;) We travelled through to Barra from Eriskay and did not see them but are going back to see them and have seen and worked with one on the Barra. So exciting.<BR/><BR/>Do you have any more details on who we can speak to etc to find out more about them. We currently breed welsh ponies and have a registered stud. We are very interested in the ponies as they have such a wonderful temperment.<BR/><BR/>Could you email me on branndonwynstud@gmail.comMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05522117264244587289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36694635.post-14727556549062428462008-05-23T12:27:00.000+01:002008-05-23T12:27:00.000+01:00Hi jorg. Thanks for your comment. Have just had a ...Hi jorg. Thanks for your comment. Have just had a look at your own blog. Wonderful, wonderful photographs of Eriskay ponies. A great pleasure to see. Makes my own snapshots look pathetic.Lewispothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200064980807531710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36694635.post-30184844395869187242008-05-21T18:24:00.000+01:002008-05-21T18:24:00.000+01:00Spread them across the Outer Hebrides! Make them W...Spread them across the Outer Hebrides! Make them Western Isles Ponies again! Something unique to this place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com