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RichardB posted an update 3 years, 11 months ago
Our holiday cottage on Skye – in a tiny scattered hamlet in the shadow of the Cuillin Mountains, accessible only along seven miles of a twisty single-track road with jaywalking sheep, through wild and beautiful scenery. And no phone signal. Now that’s what I call back of beyond.
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Sounds wonderful!
Although, if I’m honest, no phone signal. Hmmm. I know myself. That said, if you’re posting this then there’s internet.
Sounds wonderful!
Yes, it’s a bit odd. No phone signal, and even radio reception is dodgy, but the wi-fi is really good.
The cottage itself is a bit lovely too, though if you’re tall (I’m not) you have to watch your head in the bedrooms. The Scots are heavily addicted to low roofs with dormer windows.
Apparently, dormer windows only appeared throughout the UK in the C16th, which suggests that they may have been a way to make more use of storage space and mezzanines. They became a popular architectural feature in their own right soon after. We added a roof-length dormer to our chalet-style house a few years back. I would have liked an “eyebrow” dormer like this: https://tinyurl.com/2chcuj63 but I suspect the neighbours would have complained.
With a good internet connection you don’t really need a phone signal or a radio. My mobile connects through wifi now, but we usually contact friends and family through one or other of the dozens of free messaging/video apps. Haven’t had a landline for ages, although we do have a VOIP phone plugged into our router (We’ve spent about 10p on calls in the last 6 months) in case anybody needs a local number to call us. Nearly all the radio we listen to comes over the internet as well – apart from when we’re driving.
Ah, I feel like an old man. Don’t have a smartphone, never used any messaging apps. Guess I’m stuck in a twenty-or-so-years- ago time-warp.
Sounds perfect
At almost the last gasp (home tomorrow) I saw what was probably an eagle this afternoon from the cottage garden. But it was a long way off, over the mountain on the other side of the loch wot you just can’t quite see from the cottage, and I didn’t have my binoculars with me. Almost sure it was a white-tailed eagle though.