by Jhunt | May 17, 2018 | Work Parties
We awoke to beautiful sunshine in Leverburgh. We were quickly up, out and loaded then off in the Kilda Cruises boat, Hirta with David and Malcolm by 7.30am. Three hours later we arrived at Village Bay, and a busy morning was had, with Orca, Kilda Cruises other boat...
by Jhunt | May 16, 2018 | Work Parties
As the mist and rain fell on Leverburgh on Tuesday morning we wondered if the moment we had all been waiting for would be delayed… By 3pm in the afternoon the mist had cleared and the weather conditions were looking exceptionally good as eight of the work...
by Jhunt | Apr 24, 2018 | Blog
St Kilda in a new light: a visual poem to the islands at the edge of the world Photographer Alex Boyd captures the lesser known side of the enigmatic islands of St Kilda in a new photography book. Using a ‘battered medium format camera’ that once belonged to landscape...
by Jhunt | Mar 31, 2018 | Work Parties
My first trip to St Kilda was in 2002 as a work party member of work party two, back then to get to St Kilda involved a 14 hour boat trip from Oban, certainly a character building experience, and what better way to team build! This year I return to St Kilda as work...
by Jhunt | Mar 18, 2018 | History
Early in 1877 an Austrian ship, the “Peti Dubrivacki”, was wrecked off St Kilda. The St Kildans were already short of food but looked after the marooned crew. By early February food supplies were dangerously low and starvation threatened and in desperate...
by Jhunt | Nov 12, 2017 | History
It was on a very dark night in late April of last year (1976) that I travelled on the army L.T.C. from Loch Carnan to Hirta. On my approach Dun and Conachair were silhouetted against the dark sky and then on entering Village Bay I saw the long row of lights...
by Jhunt | Oct 14, 2017 | Club News, Events
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’...
by Jhunt | Oct 14, 2017 | History
2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the St Kilda Mail – the first edition told the story of how it all began, written by the President of the Club in 1977, Alex Warwick… “In June 1958 George and Irene Waterston led the first of the Trust’s...
by Jhunt | Oct 14, 2017 | Club News
It’s not long now until what will be the 41st AGM of the St Kilda Club, followed by the Annual Dinner and Reunion on Saturday 25th November, at Edinburgh Zoo in The Education Centre and the Mansion House. This year’s programme offers a wealth of riches,...
by Example_admin | Feb 18, 2017 | Blog
‘The Wren and The Salt Air’ is the culmination of a project between The National Trust for Scotland and Scottish singer-songwriter Jenny Sturgeon. In 2016 St. Kilda, the most remote archipelago in the British Isles, celebrated its 30th anniversary of receiving World...
