July 25, 20224 yr 25 minutes ago, Kelvin said: and we did it in our leccy car with no issues charging it. Even cooked breakfast powered from it What is needed is a PHEV with a 6 kW PTO and 30 kWh of usable storage. A thermal PTO may be useful as well. Better get my pencils out and use my 40 year old degree in automotive engineering to save the world.
July 25, 20224 yr 21 minutes ago, Simplysimon said: wind turbine? and before anybody says anything i know, i know. but there will probably be more wind than sun......... There are loads of wind turbines on the islands but fewer than I expected. They are dear to install though. Have you seen the flower turbines? I’ve contacted the company that does them but they haven’t been very forthcoming with info.
July 26, 20224 yr Author 12 hours ago, Simplysimon said: wind turbine? and before anybody says anything i know, i know. but there will probably be more wind than sun......... yep, wind is a major thing here. Apparently the regularly get winds over 100mph at least five times a year! It’s pretty exposed so wind turbines are a good idea here!
July 26, 20224 yr Wind power follows a weibull distribution. Plugin the mean windspeed and adjust the skew to your local topology. Small turbines can be noisy, especially from the stay cabling. They are expensive and need maintenance. But you can make your own. Hugh Piggott Axial-flow PMG wind turbine May 2003.pdf
July 26, 20224 yr Author 12 hours ago, Kelvin said: We are just back from a week long camping trip on Lewis, Harris and a night in a hotel on Skye. Loved it but it really is a remote and somewhat bleak area (well Lewis is) But it is very beautiful. the remoteness and the raw and rugged beauty of the islands is what I loved the most! visited some stunning locations on my recent road trip from the top of Lewis down to Barra 😍 https://www.vdubxs.com/road-trips/
July 26, 20224 yr 2 minutes ago, Chris HB said: remoteness and the raw and rugged beauty of the islands is what I loved the most I lived in an island in the West Indies. It is the ruggedness and remoteness I grew to hate.
July 26, 20224 yr Author 1 hour ago, SteamyTea said: I lived in an island in the West Indies. It is the ruggedness and remoteness I grew to hate. yeah, I can see how that could happen. I’d potentially see this more as a base to go exploring from, rather than just a fixed permanent location.
July 26, 20224 yr We did see quite a few derelict houses on our travels and we debated about whether we could live there. We are building a Heb Home and there are a fair few on the islands and we even cheekily knocked ok the door of one and the owner showed is round.
July 26, 20224 yr 3 hours ago, Chris HB said: the remoteness and the raw and rugged beauty of the islands is what I loved the most! visited some stunning locations on my recent road trip from the top of Lewis down to Barra 😍 https://www.vdubxs.com/road-trips/ Nice website. We loved the remote rugged terrain too and the beaches! Harris looks like the moon in places. We just couldn’t live there. I got chatting to a retired copper. Born on the Island but moved to London to do his collaring and retired back to the Island.
July 26, 20224 yr Author 1 hour ago, Kelvin said: Nice website. We loved the remote rugged terrain too and the beaches! Harris looks like the moon in places. We just couldn’t live there. I got chatting to a retired copper. Born on the Island but moved to London to do his collaring and retired back to the Island. thanks 😊 yeah Lewis is flatter and like a wild moorland in places, Harris and Uig are more more hilly/rocky. I know what you mean, Harris did feel kind of what I imagined the moon would be like! Absolutely loved it! 🤪
July 26, 20224 yr 39 minutes ago, Chris HB said: wild moorland in places, Harris and Uig are more more hilly/rocky. I much prefer ruggedness and mountains fir holidays than Spanish beaches etc. When touring Europe a few years ago we took the mountain roads through the Alps, stunning.
July 26, 20224 yr 3 hours ago, Chris HB said: I’d potentially see this more as a base to go exploring from If I was there, first trips would be to Fort William or Inverness. They seem to be the closest Costa Coffees.
July 26, 20224 yr Author 33 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: If I was there, first trips would be to Fort William or Inverness. They seem to be the closest Costa Coffees. you can get decent coffee on the island, and although I’m camping out at the moment, life’s too short for bad tea or coffee, so my AeroPress does me fine, better than most overpriced mainstream coffee chains 😉🤣
July 26, 20224 yr 38 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: They seem to be the closest Costa Coffees. Shame on you ! . Minimum acceptability is Pret !
July 26, 20224 yr 49 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: If I was there, first trips would be to Fort William or Inverness. They seem to be the closest Costa Coffees. 10 minutes ago, pocster said: Shame on you ! . Minimum acceptability is Pret ! That’s great, we know where to get away from these two!!!!!
July 26, 20224 yr 2 hours ago, Chris HB said: you can get decent coffee on the island, and although I’m camping out at the moment, life’s too short for bad tea or coffee, so my AeroPress does me fine, better than most overpriced mainstream coffee chains 😉🤣 Costa is rank. Down in Harris there’s a great cafe called The Temple Cafe. Had a lovely lunch there after walking miles on the beach.
July 26, 20224 yr 5 hours ago, pocster said: Minimum acceptability is Pret They are not brave enough to take on the independent roasters down here. Wish they were, when I see a 'Cornish Coffee' sign outside cafe, I walk away fast.
January 27, 20233 yr Author Back up again to the Isle of Lewis, this time camping in a small tent inside the building to try and stay a little warmer and more sheltered… started out a bit snowy when I first arrived, but has now risen to a balmy 8° 🤪 but hey, I finally have working electricity now! 😎 So far just removed just over a tonne of old plasterboard and disposed of it at the dump. All good progress!
January 29, 20233 yr Author On 27/01/2023 at 21:02, Jilly said: Good to see this again. What did you get permission for? It will be for a small domestic live work space 😎
January 29, 20233 yr Author On 27/01/2023 at 21:05, saveasteading said: Good to hear of progress. Keep us informed please. Will do. I’ll be doing more pics and detail on the blog section of my site, the first piece is up if you fancy a look/read? https://www.passion4.co.uk
April 14, 20242 yr Author On 27/01/2023 at 21:05, saveasteading said: Good to hear of progress. Keep us informed please. OK, to make things easier if anyone is interested, you can follow progress here… https://www.smallmissionhall.com/
January 17Jan 17 Author Baan a little while, but finally got both planning permission and building warrant approval! 😎 So this will be the year of proper progress, you know, like making the building a bit colder and a lot less habitable… 🤣 https://www.smallmissionhall.com/
January 17Jan 17 Congrats! I read your blog a while back then lost track, good to see you moving forward!
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