Club News

A Thank You from the National Trust of Scotland

A Thank You from the National Trust of Scotland

During the St Kilda Club Reunion on Saturday 19th November we were very pleased to share a short message from Philip Long thanking The St Kilda Club for all their hard work over the past 50 years. In particular, Philip mentions the £80,000 we were thrilled to raise...

St Kilda Club Constitution for the proposed SCIO

St Kilda Club Constitution for the proposed SCIO

The below PDF is the proposed constitution for the St Kilda Club SCIO, along with two resolutions. All of these documents are for consideration at the St Kilda Club Company SC246110 AGM on the 9th November where we are hoping to sign them off. Any queries about these...

St Kilda World Heritage Site Management Plan 2022-2032

St Kilda World Heritage Site Management Plan 2022-2032

We were delighted to be asked by Susan Bain from the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) to have an input on the St Kilda World Heritage Site Management Plan 2022-2032. The Islands are owned by the NTS and so they have overall responsibility for management of the...

St Kilda Club Photographic Competition November 2017

Send in your photos of a memorable St Kilda visit and win a share of the prizes! The competition judging will take place during the Annual Reunion at 3.45pm on Saturday 25th November 2017. There are three categories to enter in: ‘Scenery’, ‘Nature’ and ‘Fun and Folk’...

St Kilda Club Photographic Competition 2016

Send in your photos of a memorable St Kilda visit and win a share of the prizes! The competition judging will take place during the annual Reunion at 3.30pm on Saturday 26th November 2015. There are three categories to enter in: 'Scenery', 'Nature' and 'Fun and Folk'...

Dead-eye, St Kilda

Dead-eye, St Kilda by Betty Tindal - found on St Kilda in 2006 A pulley really From an old sailing ship, in my hand, tactile, evocative. See where the ropes bit, smoothing and polishing the timber? Was it this that saved it from a winter fire? Here in my hands a tiny...

Sightlines

New books on St Kilda have usually been well advertised by their publishers in recent years, so keeping up with the ever expanding literature of St Kilda is not difficult. However, avid readers of anything new on St Kilda may have missed an account by a visitor to St...

Thank you members of the St Kilda Club

Following the recent correspondence sent out to all the members of the St Kilda Club, I felt I had to say a huge THANK YOU to you all! The number of people visiting the website has increased, and the number of 'likes' on Facebook and followers on Twitter has also...

Headline News – Today, 29 August 1930

At 5am this morning, HMS Harebell lowered her whaler. Ship’s log, 29/08/1930: “Embarked the inhabitants of St Kilda, 14 women, 13 men, 15 Children.”  Later, “Everyone on board. Hoisted boat. 08.02 hrs Weighed. Proceeded 11.5 knots” With this laconic entry, the...