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...
by Jhunt | Oct 25, 2016 | Club News
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’,...
by Example_admin | Jun 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
This year’s St Kilda Club Reunion will be held at Edinburgh Zoo on Saturday 26th November 2016. Please save the date in your diaries, more information to follow...
by Jhunt | Oct 29, 2015 | Club News
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...
