Roos Dijkhuizen Commission Day 3

Hushinsh > Harris circuit West - East > Stornoway > Tolsta > Stornoway

Third day in Tarbert, I felt very lucky to finally drive to Hushinish with the company of a local who lives and works in town. He was happy to share what he knew of the land, discussions became about the power of history and its roots, how a story can be embellished and travel through generations. A helicopter flew over carrying a barrel of live salmon. The cloud and rain kept a lot of the views hidden. The islands were mystified and through words we had to imagine perspective, shape and space.

It became a slow dissection of everything we drove past, the conversations were in parts as another instigator on the horizon changed the subject. It was a lot about who owns and has owned what ranging from local multimillionaires to nationalities of swiss, norwegian, austrian, german, indian. I'd never thought about buying an island, but apparently it was quite cheap until recently.

Voices in remote places need to be heard.