Lintols Aloft

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Building of the new croft store / shed has reached an important milestone : the heavy lintols – weighing very nearly a tonne – have been raised aloft, over the big doorway. Soon we’ll be ready to raise up the roof! Perhaps we’ll be visited by a rainbow again, then.

Carrick Eriskay : Building the new croft store/shed down by the shore

Carrick Eriskay : Building the new croft store/shed down by the shore

The shed is being built on the concrete slab built last year, down in the depression down by the shore, and thereby will be substantially screened from view by the house ; and we’ll also be planting native shrubs and trees.

Home Hotline ?

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Three years ago we had a fibre-optic broadband/phone line installed at Carrick, allowing us to offer guests free unlimited access to  high-speed internet, but also free calls to UK landlines.  Guests making the most use of the phone are those who need to keep in touch with close family – a Home Hotline, as it were, or thier own small business.  Mobile networks here are patchy, so the landline provides guests with assurance that they will not find themselves cut off from the outside world!

Now we’re able to lift two key limitations on that service. First and foremost, calls to UK mobile phones are free – just the same as to UK landlines.  Secondly the 1-hour limit is gone : no longer is it necessary to keep an eye on the time, and that’s for calls to both landlines and mobiles.

And if you need to call international numbers, we can – on request – enable that for you , and you’ll pay for calls just what they have cost us – as you will see from the call log from our phone account.

This upgrade is not just about a home hotline for emergencies, but providing the peace of mind of a home-from-home.