West Word - December 2025

December is always relatively quiet for Canna. The shorter, darker days mean we are all home and indoors by 5pm, sometimes even 4pm. There were no visitors to the island until the week of Christmas when various family and friends arrived. 

We were delighted to receive funding to take our Coroghan Barn Project through the design stage. We are working with WT Architecture to bring the barn back to life with a community space, kitchen and 20-bed bunkhouse. We are looking forward to seeing the designs and making progress. 

A few of us decided to do a 30-day yoga challenge. The wonders of youtube meant we could gather in the inverter shed…the warmest space on the island that could fit 3 of us in it…..and with a lot of huffing and puffing, hilarity and determination, we set off on our challenge. The festive period interrupted our streak but we are slowly getting back into it now. 

No snow for us in Canna in December. It was relatively mild and any snow that falls rarely stays around for very long due to the salty air. 

The farm team got a Christmas Day surprise in the form of a calf born along by Tarbert. The new Beltie has been named Jeannie after our youngest resident who enjoyed her first Christmas this year. 

Vicki hosted a pub quiz in The Shearing Shed. Three teams of three battled it out and it was a close win with general knowledge questions as well as quite a few Canna related questions including the hilarious blooper reel round. 

Best wishes for 2026 from the Isle of Canna!