#scalpay

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Cuppa: Rosevear Teas Keemun Daybreak black tea with milk and sugar

View: Loch an Duin, Isle of Scalpay

This was a double cuppa trip, the second one is Eteaket Orange Pekoe with honey.

This little loch has four big islands in it. The two biggest held duns, or fortified dwellings, with little causeways to the shore.

We were held up in traffic on the way home.

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Eilean Glas Lighthouse.

Situated on the east coast of the island of Scalpay in the Outer Hebrides. It was one of the original four lights commissioned by the Commissioners of the Northern Lights, and the first in the Hebrides.

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Loch Ainort.

Fujicolor Print Industrial 100

Isle of Skye, Scotland

August, 2018

[mobilephonetechnology]

[2026-01-04 image ©Visit Outer Hebrides] The Outer Hebrides is a wonderful place as is the Isle of Scalpay, just off the Isle of Harris. The residents of Scalpay have their Internet (and phone) upgraded to fibre and hence usually have an excellent connection. But, being in a remote area their electricity has more outages than those of us who are in cities. In an article in the Stornaway Gazette , a resident was complaining that, during electricity outages, they lost all connection including the ability to call emergency services. [they had no mobile phone signal] This was despite having emergency Broadband Battery Backup which did not work well. Although it must be said that these power backups only work for a short time, a few hours at best.

My solution would be to use the mobile phone network. But the resident states there is no mobile connection. However looking at the EE coverage map, they cover most of the island and only a corner in the north east is not covered. There is no way BT /EE could provide power backups over longer power outages as OfCom are asking. Would a better solution be to build a mast overlooking the corner of the island with no mobile connection and then the residents could use their phones during a power backup. The upgrading of mobile network with a mast and an associated emergency power backup must be better and in the long term cheaper for BT / EE.

Another (expensive) solution is for the resident to get a newish iPhone that can connect to satellite and send emergency SMS messages.

In other comments I have seen on the issue many questioned whether in these remote places it is really BT / EE at fault that there are regular and long power outages; surely this is a problem that Scottish Power need to sort.

[stephencaulfield]

Lighthouse Optic at The Science Museum. Made in 1907, taken from the Eilean Glas Lighthouse, Scalpay Island, Scotland #sciencemuseum #london #museum #science #hipstamatic #thesciencemuseum #sm #light #lighthouse #optic #Scotland #1907 #EileanGlas #Scalpay #Island #tothelighthouse (at Science Museum)

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Abandoned lighthouse at Scalpay, Isle of Harris.

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On our way to Scalpay...

[derekbeattieimages]

Isle of Skye from Applecross Peninsula by Derek Beattie Via Flickr: A lone yacht sails its way through the inner sound between the Applecross Peninsula and the Isle of Skye, Raasay and Scalpay. Taken from above the beach at Sand. Amazing colourto bee seen in the sea all around the coast.