Property For Sale in the UK: near to Portree Isle of Skye 49500 GBP Land/Plot
UK Property For Sale in Isle of Skye - FULL DESCRIPTION BELOW
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This UK property has the following features
+ REF#2781471
+Isle of Skye
+near to Portree
+49500 GBP
+Land/Plot
+0 bedroom(s)
+0.28 acres
+easterly views
The subjects for sale offer a unique opportunity to acquire a building
plot centrally and conveniently situated just a short walk from the
excellent local services Portree has to offer. The generous plot
extends to 0.28 acres or thereby and runs from the main road up to
Kitson Crescent at the rear. Full planning permission has been granted
for the erection of a 1 ½ storey property. Plans have been drawn up to
take into consideration the location therefore the interior design has
the living accommodation on the upper floor to take full advantage of
the south easterly views towards Portree Bay, the island of Raasay and
Ben Tianavaig. The plans however can be changed to suit the purchasers
own specific requirements subject to planning regulations. The site
provides adequate space for off-road parking for up to 2 cars. There is
also space for a courtyard area to the rear. LOCATION Portree, the
capital of the island is a busy and rapidly growing town which offers a
wide variety of facilities and services including supermarkets, shops,
hotels, restaurants, lively bars, leisure facilities, a cottage
hospital and modern medical centre and both primary and secondary
schooling. Portree is situated some 32 miles north of the Skye Bridge
connecting the Islands to the mainland (toll free) and is 15 miles
south of Uig where the ferry terminus for the Western Isles is located.
Site currently fenced off. Views towards Portree bay, the island of
Raasay and Ben Tianavaig FULL PLANNING PERMISSION Full planning
permission was granted 21st January 2008 for the erection of 1 ½ storey
property and is valid three years from this date. The planning
reference is 06/00114/FULSL. Plans have been drawn up for a property
however may be changed to suit individual specifications subject to
planning regulations. The proposed dwelling's accommodation is to
comprise:- ground floor - vestibule, hallway and 3 double bedrooms (1
en-suite). A staircase leads to the upper floor which accommodates;
kitchen, w.c, utility and lounge/dining room. The plans can be made
available to interested parties. POST CODE IV51 9HP. SERVICES Mains
water and electricity are connected. Mains drainage. VIEWING By
appointment with this agency. PRICE Offers over 60,000 are invited and
such offers should be submitted in proper Scottish legal terms to:-
Uploaded: 23-03-2012
Property For Sale in the UK: near to Staffin Isle of Skye 160000 GBP House
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This UK property has the following features
+ REF#2800460
+Isle of Skye
+near to Staffin
+160000 GBP
+House
+0 bedroom(s)
+lovely views
Situated just a short walk from the amenities of the village of Staffin
the subjects for sale comprise a traditional 1 ½ storey stone built
property with front and rear extensions. A UPVC double glazed
conservatory to the front provides a comfortable sitting area whilst
allowing for full appreciation of the lovely views across the village
of Staffin to the pinnacles of the Quiraing and across to Staffin bay
and its islands. The rear extension accommodates the kitchen. Island
view benefits from electric off-peak central heating, a multi-fuel
burning stove in the lounge and UPVC double glazed windows (fitted just
some 2 years ago). The property still retains some attractive, original
and traditional features such as v-lined walls, cast iron fireplaces
and 4 panel doors. The accommodation within comprises:- ground floor -
conservatory sitting area, vestibule, bathroom, hallway, double
bedroom, sitting room and kitchen. On the upper floor are 2 further
double bedrooms and a boxroom/office. A gravel area to the side of the
property provides off-road parking for up to 2 cars. LOCATION Clachan
is a small and friendly community situated within the village of
Staffin, which is located at the north end of the island and is well
known for its dramatic Trotternish Ridge. Clachan is conveniently
situated for the amenities Staffin has to offer which includes primary
school, village shop, petrol station, village hall and Columba 1400
caf/restaurant/community facility. Portree, the islands capital is some
14 miles south and has enhanced facilities including secondary
schooling, cottage hospital & medical centre, supermarkets, hotels and
restaurants. ACCOMMODATION A paved path leads to the front door of the
conservatory and the accommodation within comprises:- CONSERVATORY UPVC
double glazed side door provides access to bright conservatory with
windows to two sides providing lovely widespread views across Staffin
towards the bay. Deep window shelving. Ceramic tiled floor. Timber door
off to vestibule. Size 11ft 6 x 10ft 11 (3.53 x 3.35m). VESTIBULE
Window overlooking side garden. Ceramic tiled floor. Doors off to
bathroom and hallway. Size 4ft 1 x 4ft 1 (1.25 x 1.25m). BATHROOM White
3 piece suite comprising W.C, pedestal wash hand basin and bath with
electric shower over. Frosted window to front. Partly tiled walls.
Night storage heater. Vinyl floor covering. Size 6ft 9 x 5ft 6 (2.06 x
1.68m). HALLWAY Access to lounge, bedroom 1 and stairs off to upper
floor. Deep Under stairs storage cupboard. Fitted shelf. Coat hooks.
Carpet. BEDROOM 1 Spacious double room with picture window to front
garden. Solid Oak wood flooring. Size 12ft 7 x 10ft 11 (3.85 x 3.35m).
LOUNGE Window to front. Multi-fuel burning stove set on quarry tiled
hearth with wooden mantle and surround. V-lined walls to dado height.
Solid Oak wood flooring. Door off to kitchen. Size 12ft 7 x 11ft 8
(3.84 x 3.57m). KITCHEN Located in rear extension. Window to rear.
Double base unit with worktop over. Double wall unit. Stainless steel 2
bowl sink and drainer with mixer tap. Space and plumbed for washing
machine and dishwasher, fridge and freezer. Integral stainless steel 4
ring gas hob. Electric oven. Recessed fitted shelving. Hatch to loft.
Ceramic tiled floor. Size 12ft 1 x 7ft 9 (3.56 x 2.39m). STAIRS/UPPER
FLOOR Carpeted staircase leads to upper floor landing. Velux window to
rear. V-lined wall. Carpet. Hatch to loft. Access to 2 bedrooms and
boxroom/office. BEDROOM 2 Double room with window to front providing
widespread views. V-lined wall. Original cast iron fireplace. Fitted
shelved cupboard housing hot water tank. Fitted shelving. Night storage
heater. Wooden floor boards. Size 12ft 11 x 11ft 9 (3.95 x 3.60m).
BOXROOM/OFFICE Presently used as office/study. Velux window to front.
Fitted shelving. Wooden floor boards. Size 6ft 2 x 4ft 1 (1.92 x
1.26m). BEDROOM 3 Double room with window to front providing widespread
views. V-lined wall. Original cast iron fireplace. Night storage
heater. Wooden floor boards. Size 12ft 11 x 10ft 11 (3.95 x 3.35m).
OUTBUILDING Timber shed located in rear garden. Fitted shelving, 2
windows to side, power and light connected. GARDEN A fully enclosed
garden area surrounds the property with a gravel off-road parking area
to the side providing space for up to 2 cars. The garden is mainly
under grass to both the front and rear. SERVICES Mains water and
electricity. Drainage by way of septic tank. POST CODE IV51 9JX COUNCIL
TAX Band D. VIEWING By appointment through this agency. ENTRY By mutual
agreement. PRICE A fixed price of 162,500 is invited and such offers
should be submitted in proper Scottish legal terms to:-
Uploaded: 23-03-2012
Scotland with Julia Reams-Giersch | Rick Steves Travel Talks
In this travel talk, Rick Steves' Europe travel expert Julia Reams-Giersch describes Scotland's top stops — from the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, to the nearby sights of Stirling and St. Andrews, to the rugged Highlands near Inverness and the lovely islands near Oban and the west coast — and explains practical travel skills, including pointers on sleeping, eating, and transportation.
Planning a trip to Scotland? You’ll find lots of free travel information at
Recorded on March 3, 2018 • Rick Steves' Europe Travel Center
Written and Presented by Julia Reams-Giersch
Produced by Cameron Hewitt
Filmed and Edited by Zen Wolfang
Photography by Julia Reams-Giersch, Dominic Arizona Bonuccelli, Cameron Hewitt, and others
Graphics by Heather Locke and Rhonda Pelikan
© 2018 Rick Steves' Europe, Inc.
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We are Scotland by Deborah Muir
“We Are Scotland” goes deeper into the lives of Scots. What’s really going on with the person standing in the queue with you, sitting across from you in the train, passing you in the street? It has been said that everyone has a book in them, I’m not sure that’s true but I do believe that everyone has a story in them. Life happens, it brings challenges and triumphs to us all, nobody escapes. This book is all about the experiences Scots, and those who have adopted Scotland as their home country, have had or are going through, it’s a snapshot in time. An exciting part of this for readers will be the option to access podcasts where you can hear some of those I’ve interviewed in their own words. This makes the story all the more personal. The book is intended as a non-judgemental platform, with no news agenda, just a way of letting the story breathe on its own.
The idea for this book was sparked as I watched the passions of people on both sides of the referendum debate. Diatribes were unleashed on social media, friendships were both forged and ended. I, like many Scots was taken aback by what is usually a reserved nation when it comes to feelings, letting go. This was not merely about opinion or intellectual thinking, it was raw emotion from both the Yes/No camps. I wondered then, what beat beneath? where was the good humoured banter we are known for?
I’ve found amazing stories about struggles and turning points in lives, such as “Jill” (an excerpt of whose story you can read below) who returned home with two small children after making a shocking discovery in the basement of her New Jersey home which uncovered her husband’s descent into mental illness. There are the people bringing “Neverland” to a Scottish town after saving an old house from demolition with just hours to spare. It was cited by J.M. Barrie as his inspiration for Peter Pan. You’ll hear from a young woman who has taken up crofting and shunned the usual 20-something lifestyle of city bars and clubbing. The parents of a little boy, Archie, talk to me about their struggle to conceive him and his subsequent struggles with heart problems. “We Are Scotland” is an eclectic mix of individual tales at this juncture in time.
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Roswell Incident: Defense Department Interviews - Jed Roberts / Marilyn Strickland / Alice Knight
Just days before the 50th anniversary of the incident, the Air Force released a follow-up report to the 1994 one called The Roswell Report: Case Closed. More on Roswell:
Despite the finality suggested in the report's title, when then asked whether this would put the controversy to rest Defense Department spokesman Kenneth Bacon said: of course not.[20] While his assessment has proved to be true, the report nevertheless laid out in great detail how the Air Force felt alien accounts likely arose, and remains the final word on the subject from the Air Force's point of view. It also forms the basis, along with the previous report, for the skeptical response to the Roswell UFO incident.
It concluded that UFO researchers had failed to establish accurate dates for their reports of aliens and had erroneously linked these reports to the Project Mogul debris recovery (which the Air Force identified previously as being the source of the Foster ranch debris).[19] (p. 2) Convoluted scenarios linked the various crash sites to the events at the Foster ranch and dates were fixed so as to coincide with the reported events, thus establishing a time frame and adding credibility to the alien claims.[19] (p. 12) It further concluded that alien accounts were likely descriptions of publicized military achievements and descriptions of incidents involving injured or killed military personnel.[19] (ibid p. 2)
These conclusions were greeted with incredulous responses from many, but a careful reading of the report, especially interview transcripts, revealed that in fact many of the UFO authors had ignored or omitted the prosaic explanations given by many of the witnesses themselves, as well as the witnesses' oft-stated vagueness as to when the events they were recalling actually took place.
The 1994 report concluded that: no aliens or alien spacecraft were recovered by the Air Force; reports of aliens could not have been associated with the Mogul debris recovery as that vehicle was incapable of transporting passengers; no unusual activity was carried out by the Air Force in 1947 outside of the Mogul recovery.
In light of these established facts, the Air Force concluded that actual events, if any, which inspired alien reports did not occur in 1947 and that reports which described material associated with balloons were not connected to alien stories. They therefore eliminated from further research those numerous accounts consistent with balloon debris and its transport and were left with a relative few accounts focused on aliens.
From the remaining accounts, several working hypotheses were established: given the number and great detail of the accounts, some event or events likely did happen; due to the similarities of the two crash site descriptions and the great distance between the sites, it was likely one event formed the basis for the accounts (the Air Force focused its investigation on what seemed to be two separate crash sites outside the Foster ranch); since the alien accounts from the Roswell base shared no common elements with the crash site accounts, it was likely an event not related to the other events.
The research focused first on the crash site accounts, seeking common threads within the accounts, then if such links were found, how they were related to actual events. Finally, it was asked whether these actual events were part of government or military activities.[19] (pp. 13--14) Additionally, care was taken to determine whether these accounts were from actual witnesses to the events, or a recitation of someone else's account. It dealt separately with the accounts of aliens at the Roswell base employing a similar method.
Coffee at Ayr Central
Coffee at Ayr Central
The Ex-Urbanites / Speaking of Cinderella: If the Shoe Fits / Jacob's Hands
Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 -- 22 November 1963) was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. Best known for his novels including Brave New World and a wide-ranging output of essays, Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel writing, film stories and scripts. Huxley spent the later part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death.
Aldous Huxley was a humanist, pacifist, and satirist, and he was latterly interested in spiritual subjects such as parapsychology and philosophical mysticism. He is also well known for advocating and taking psychedelics.
By the end of his life Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time.
The Great Gildersleeve: Jolly Boys Election / Marjorie's Shower / Gildy's Blade
Premiering on August 31, 1941, The Great Gildersleeve moved the title character from the McGees' Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where Gildersleeve now oversaw his late brother-in-law's estate and took on the rearing of his orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie (originally played by Lurene Tuttle and followed by Louise Erickson and Mary Lee Robb) and Leroy Forester (Walter Tetley). The household also included a cook named Birdie. Curiously, while Gildersleeve had occasionally spoken of his (never-present) wife in some Fibber episodes, in his own series the character was a confirmed bachelor.
In a striking forerunner to such later television hits as Bachelor Father and Family Affair, both of which are centered on well-to-do uncles taking in their deceased siblings' children, Gildersleeve was a bachelor raising two children while, at first, administering a girdle manufacturing company (If you want a better corset, of course, it's a Gildersleeve) and then for the bulk of the show's run, serving as Summerfield's water commissioner, between time with the ladies and nights with the boys. The Great Gildersleeve may have been the first broadcast show to be centered on a single parent balancing child-rearing, work, and a social life, done with taste and genuine wit, often at the expense of Gildersleeve's now slightly understated pomposity.
Many of the original episodes were co-written by John Whedon, father of Tom Whedon (who wrote The Golden Girls), and grandfather of Deadwood scripter Zack Whedon and Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog).
The key to the show was Peary, whose booming voice and facility with moans, groans, laughs, shudders and inflection was as close to body language and facial suggestion as a voice could get. Peary was so effective, and Gildersleeve became so familiar a character, that he was referenced and satirized periodically in other comedies and in a few cartoons.
Paul Beatty, R. Zamora Linmark, and Jessica Hagedorn
The year was 1996. Two novelists of color publish stunning and provocative coming-of-age debuts. Through fiercely earnest characters navigating a landscape of burning dreams and neglect in a small 1970s Hawaiian community, R. Zamora Linmark’s Rolling the R’s threw new light on queer identity and the trauma of assimilation—and is now available in a new, updated edition from Kaya Press. Paul Beatty’s brilliant, satirical The White Boy Shuffle introduced us to an unforgettable protagonist—a young African American surfer in Los Angeles who reluctantly becomes a messiah for his community. Twenty years after the publication of their first novels, the two authors joined each other in reflection, celebration, and conversation. Moderated by writer Jessica Hagedorn (Toxicology).
This event took place on April 5, 2016.
Presented by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. Cosponsored by Kaya Press, the NYU Creative Writing Program, the Institute of African American Affairs at NYU, and the Filipino American Museum.
The Scotsman Hotel
The Scotsman Hotel Edinburgh opened in 2001 in the Edwardian (1905) building which had housed The Scotsman newspaper for nearly a century. The hotel is located on North Bridge between the Royal Mile and Princes Street, thereby straddling Edinburgh’s Medieval Old Town and Georgian New Town.
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