As we start to tilt away from the sun and the days get noticeably shorter, we are turning our eyes to the skies. We have begun doing our light meter readings again for our Dark Skies Sanctuary application and we are already enjoying spectacular views of the Milky Way streaking across our night sky. It really is a wonder to behold and we have a front row seat.  After probably one of the craziest summers we’ve had for a while, September has offered a bit of calm. The turning of

The theme for August seemed to be taken straight out of the SAS Handbook “Improvise. Adapt. Overcome”. Something we managed to do very...

July has been a busy month for Canna this year. The month seemed to fly past and at the same time take an age and has been punctuated by...

By contrast to May, June has been a bit of a let down weather wise. There has been some much needed rain but the temperature is...

What a month of sunshine May was! Everything was bathed in a warm glow, plants started to peek out of the ground, the grass got greener,...

The recent spell of relatively dry weather has meant that all things that grow seem to be off to a bit of a slow start. But with a couple...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Two weeks ago Winter finally arrived. Not because we had snow but everything changed colour. The sky, instead of being a warm blue,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...