Amazingly, Storm Amy didn’t have as much impact in Canna as it did elsewhere across the country. Storm Floris dealt with a lot of the trees that would eventually come down so Storm Amy didn’t wreak so much havoc as a lot of leaves had already been blown off.  Storms aside, October has been relatively calm. Still, rainy days have given way to some sunshine later on and the first Aurora of the autumn dark skies was visible. We can now clearly see the Milky Way as it arches acro

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...