6th March, 2007
It’s been another long day.
6th March, 2007
Yesterday we drove across the South of Scotland and caught the ferry across to Orkney.
After another stormy night (this time in the harbour car park in Kirkwall) we have spent the day recceing. The end of the day finds us in the Tomb of the Eagles on South Ronaldsay and making arrangements with Ronald Simison’s daughters, Kathleen & Freda, as to when we could do our filming here.
5th March, 2007
Fortunately the gale had abated a little in the morning and the crossing was not as choppy as feared.
However, the windy night in the port car park had already taken it’s toll.
4th March, 2007
Stornaway Balti House.
The only curry we had in our whole time away. The fact that there was a force 9 gale that night had nothing to do with it.
4th March, 2007
It’s now just gone 2:00am on the morning of the 4th.
Everone else has gone and it’s just ourselves, the stones and the moon.
(Taken with tripod and timer, by the way).
3rd March, 2007
At work in the moonlight – 9.52pm
3rd March, 2007
By now you will be aware that not only was it a full moon on the night of 3rd March, 2007, but that we had arrived, completely coincidentally, on the night of a full lunar eclipse. The last occurence of this had been 3 years ago – and then clouds had obscured observation from the UK.
Amazingly though, the clouds parted and the few folk who were present at the stones of Callanish this night were treated to an experience that none of us will forget.
Here we are joined by Rupert (another one) and John from Birmingham. Holding the wine bottle is Ian – a local archeologist.
March 3rd, 2007
On the way to Lewis and Callanish. By now we knew we were going to be at Callanish on the night of a full moon and had our fingers crossed that the sky would remain clear.
Note the ever- present ‘Modern Antiquarian’. The little camera on the window ledge is our little Sony HDV Handicam – I got some incredible
footage with it on this crossing.
2nd March, 2007
When we got to the port of Uig, the next sailing to the Isle of Lewis was
not until the next morning. At least we would be at Callanish on the night of the full moon.
This Caledonian MacBrayne ferry was off to Harris, I think. This shot was taken not 50 yards from where the camper was parked up for the night in a caravan site right by the port.
2nd March, 2007
One of the big regrets of having to do so much in so little time is how we would often find ourselves motoring through stunning scenery and not being able to stop to photograph it.
Here we are motoring across the Isle of Skye, Rupert in the lead. The yellow blur in the bottom right hand corner is the reflection of my walkie-talkie on the dashboard.
