Category Archives: Oran Na Mara – The Director’s Cut

Well, how exciting…Oran Na Mara was featured recently in the Channel 4 series, “Homes By The Sea” – and to celebrate, here’s a rather nice picture of the presenter!

How lovely…Oran Na Mara is such HOT NEWS in the press, it’s been featured on TWO front covers!  First of all, a 10 page feature in Coast magazine… …swiftly followed by a feature article in The Sunday Times …my answer … Continue reading →

To say that the last few months at Oran Na Mara were all-consuming would be an understatement – it was certainly a good way to lose weight, as the deadline loomed and new challenges constantly reared up out of nowhere … Continue reading →

…Been a bit quiet on the Blog Front…there hasn’t been a moment to spare as we race towards the deadline for completion on the Isle of Harris project.  A weekly site visit involves two days’ travelling, with hire vans and … Continue reading →

The Harris project has now reached the stage where every detail has to be considered…and re-considered…first of all on aesthetic grounds, then on practical, then on whether at all possible within the curves, and finally whether possible within the budget….Site … Continue reading →

It seems that the adventure of each trip to Harris starts long before I even get to the ferry. This time it wasn’t storms or blizzards, but trying to get my poor overladen car out of the car park in … Continue reading →

Another hazardous trip to Harris – delayed ferry on the way there, van creeking under the weight of the kitchen units, radiators and various bathroom fittings (I had a WC as my travelling companion)…and cancelled ferry on the way back, … Continue reading →

This was the weather map for the Highlands and Islands on my way to catch the ferry…towards Clunie (icing sugar mountains, frozen lochs and blue sky) …an hour later and just over the bridge to Skye (white-out blizzard)…     … Continue reading →

With the gales howling and the snows blizzarding, my challenge was to get the bathrooms onto Harris before the builders were left twiddling their thumbs…so, three cancelled ferries later, the van was loaded and off I went in fear and … Continue reading →

Anyone remotely techy (i.e. anyone over six reading this) would have such a laugh at me with my paper, glue and scissors, but it does add a bit more character to what would otherwise be spat out by CAD…at least … Continue reading →