The September weather has provided us with some glorious sunsets and as the axis of the earth turns, mother nature certainly has provided us with some intense weather. We’ve had a few storms with the wind whipping the water across the bay and the high tides have made navigating the coastal paths interesting. Thanks Moon!
We welcomed the Mallaig High School pupils to our Shearing Shed for a great evening of music and dancing. The pupils put on an amazing performance and a very entertaining raffle which had everyone in stitches......we got a few rejects from Knoydart. Knoydart's loss is Canna's gain! Many thanks to the pupils and their fantastic music teachers for coming to Canna!
The inclement weather has brought ferry woes too. Katrin from Eigg brought a group of women across to Canna to run some of our trails and they ended up being stranded here for 5 days extra. But not to be brought down by this, they ran some more and even did our Canna 10K route as well as enjoying a morning’s forage for seaweed with Gareth from Cafe Canna. Their “last night” on Canna saw a lively evening in the cafe with plenty of good food and singing with Pete on guitar. There was even a Strip the Willow to Thriller by Michael Jackson. A sight to behold indeed! They ended up staying for one more day and there was much hugging and waving on the pier when they finally departed on the Larven. We will be welcoming them all back to Canna in May 2024 for the Canna 10K Trail Run!
We had our Canna Big Beach Clean on 30th September. Unsurprisingly, nobody came from the mainland to take part - the weather was too dodgy and the idea of being stuck on Canna for a few days may have been enough to put some people off. We disagree with this entirely, of course, and embrace being on our fantastic island whatever the weather. As with all things Canna, we just knuckled down and did the beach clean anyway. Dod, David and Rebecca managed to get across in the morning and did a tremendous job of feeding us all from the BBQ. We managed to get a tractor trailer full of marine litter by the end of the afternoon. It really is extraordinary how much marine litter gets washed up on our shores. Some more unusual finds were a Coast guard toy boat, a plastic toy pig, numerous toothbrushes, deodorant cases and a lot of rope. Many thanks to Vicki for organising the event and we are all thankful that Canna’s shores are a bit cleaner than they were a week ago.
The two bulls have been reunited after their strenuous efforts with the herd. Gerry was much displeased at their apparent inability to reconcile after some time apart. A section of fence is down but they are now behaving like love's young dream in hen run park and there’s no more fistycuffs in sight. A question may have been raised as to whether any of the heifers will calve next year given their obvious affection for one another. Speaking of calves, we had another late arrival……everyone is out of sync.
Cafe Canna has now closed for the season and to mark the ending of the season we got together on Sunday to have a community roast dinner lunch cooked by Gareth. It was a great occasion for us all to come together and say bloody well done everyone. John Angus played the pipes to finish off the meal and more than a few households may have rolled home instead of walking. A fine feast shared together and well done Team Canna!
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