Eigg

I’m just home from my workshop on Eigg.

I love going there, and I was searching today and found this video of my friend Charlie. I met him for the very first time this April while I was there. I had booked a bothy on the opposite side of the island and thought I would cycle across to the beaches each day. Only to find that the roads are pretty bad and lumpy. So I phoned Charlie, and he became my wee taxi each morning to the beaches.

Ok so no big deal to arrange a taxi, except that when I phoned him and put it to him that I’d like picked up at 5am, he was ok about it - but a bit stunned. Who would be wanting to go anywhere on a 5 mile island at 5am?

We became good friends, and he often gave me a wee dram of whisky each morning on my way to the beaches.

I love going to Eigg. Currently, as it stands, I think next year is my last year running workshops as the place I stay are are considering retiring. But I know I will continue to return on a personal side, besides, I haven’t shot any images on Eigg myself for quite some time. It is about time I do my own work there.