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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
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
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
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
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
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
Westword - May 2023
The farm was busy coming to the end of lambing with only 3 stubborn mothers remaining in the big barn. I think one of them was just along...
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Oct 24, 20242 min read
Westword - April 2023
West Word Article April 2023 Lambs, lambs, lambs!!! The lambing season has started in earnest and by some luck, the weather has answered....
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Oct 24, 20243 min read
Westword - March 2023
The last week of February has seen a return of sunshine to Canna. After the howling wind and rain of Winter, the ground finally has a...
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Oct 24, 20242 min read
Westword - January 2023
As 2022 rolls into 2023, the changing of the season brings a change in residents on the island. We said a sad, fond farewell-for-now to...
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Mar 4, 20235 min read
West Word - September 2025
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
West Word - August 2025
The theme for August seemed to be taken straight out of the SAS Handbook “Improvise. Adapt. Overcome”. Something we managed to do very...
West Word - July 2025
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...
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