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West Word - March 2025
Calving has now begun in earnest. The farm team has been hard at work ensuring all the new calves arrive safely and dealing with feisty...
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May 82 min read
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West Word - February 2025
Well, February certainly delivered on the sunshine! We had days and days of sun and clear blue skies in a row. It was very welcome after...
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May 81 min read
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West Word - January 2025
Last year January seemed to take 150 years but this year, it has flown by at an alarming rate! It’s been a non-stop rainy and windy start...
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May 82 min read
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West Word - December 2024
December was a quiet month in Canna. We had quite a few residents decamp to the mainland early on in the month and others were away...
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May 82 min read
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West Word - November 2024
Two weeks ago Winter finally arrived. Not because we had snow but everything changed colour. The sky, instead of being a warm blue,...
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May 83 min read
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West Word - September 2024
Ah, September! One of my favourite months of the year…..especially when it gives us those sunny, barely crisp days with a slight bite in...
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Dec 10, 20243 min read
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West Word - August 2024
Our longed-for days of endless sunshine have been dashed this August. The ground is so saturated that Ranger Tom had to issue a warning...
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Dec 10, 20242 min read
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West Word - July 2024
Cuba came to the Canna in the last weekend of July! The Havana Film Festival was doing a tour of the Small Isles and they dropped in for...
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Dec 10, 20242 min read
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West Word - June 2024
Weather wise, June was dreadful. Rain, rain and more rain. The start of July hasn’t been much better to be honest. We are wondering if...
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Dec 10, 20242 min read
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West Word - May 2024
May is Canna 10K month here in Canna! We had a record number of trail runners - 74! The run went extremely well and we were blessed with...
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Dec 10, 20242 min read
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West Word - April 2024
It feels as though April has sprinted past us and as we head into May, the island is looking and sounding more colourful than ever. The...
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Dec 10, 20243 min read
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West Word - March 2024
Spring is well and truly here despite lulling us into a false sense of sunshine and warmth. We had some bitterly cold winds and some...
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Dec 9, 20242 min read
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West Word - February 2024
February has been a mixture of sunshine and showers here on Canna. We’ve had some really superb days where the sun actually felt warm but...
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Dec 9, 20242 min read
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West Word - January 2024
The past couple of months have been pretty stormy with what feels like an endless wind and so much rain that everyone seems to be in a...
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Dec 9, 20245 min read
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West Word - November 2023
November has been a quiet month on Canna. The days are getting shorter but the sunrises and sunsets are getting more spectacular. We’ve...
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Dec 9, 20242 min read
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West Word - October 2023
October saw the second of our community workshops take place with WT Architects on the next stage of our project development of Coroghan...
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Dec 9, 20242 min read
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West Word - September 2023
The September weather has provided us with some glorious sunsets and as the axis of the earth turns, mother nature certainly has provided...
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Dec 9, 20243 min read
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West Word - August 2023
August has been a busy month here on Canna. We welcomed WTArchitects to the island to do the first of the community engagement workshops...
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Dec 9, 20244 min read
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West Word - July 2023
After the glorious weather of June, July proved to be a bit of a wet blanket. We were thankful that the water supply returned to normal...
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Nov 26, 20244 min read
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West Word - June 2023
My parents came to visit me last month during THAT heatwave. My father could be heard saying, “It reminds me of 1976” at every...
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Nov 26, 20242 min read
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West Word - March 2025
Calving has now begun in earnest. The farm team has been hard at work ensuring all the new calves arrive safely and dealing with feisty...


West Word - February 2025
Well, February certainly delivered on the sunshine! We had days and days of sun and clear blue skies in a row. It was very welcome after...


West Word - January 2025
Last year January seemed to take 150 years but this year, it has flown by at an alarming rate! It’s been a non-stop rainy and windy start...
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