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Lesley Riddoch writes: I have to be honest - I did get a lift across the wild barren moors of Lewis to the remote beach bulging paradise of Uig. It's always been a land apart - cut off from the rest of Lewis by a ridge of Marilyns (hills with a 150 foot drop all around.) Ceilidhs were common, storytelling was even more common and the result has been captured in an "e-storytelling" project centred on Uig Beach.
Using ipods with GPS you trigger stories about the Brahan Seer and the Lewis Chessmen by wandering into the very places on the beach where the "prophet" found his gift and a wee boy found the chess pieces. Ingenious. Then an accidental meeting with singer Dougie MacLean and his wife Jenny meant a small posse headed towards Callanish at 1am to see the last "lunar standstill" for 18 years.
The moon "walks" across hills shaped like a woman lying on her back, and sets into the middle of the stone circle. Druids, hippies, pagans, Free Church psalm singers and a piper from Cumbernauld all arrived - but did the moon? Here's a hint - I've never witnessed (or recorded) such a hoolie!
Listen to the Program on the web at BBC Radio Scotland and http://lesleyriddoch.com/lr/default.htm.
More in The Herald:
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/69811.html
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