Do you want to milk a cow, build a bothy, or plant a forest? Be an archaeologist, a poet, a weaver? Come outdoors and get stuck in to shieling life with us.
The Shieling Project is an off-grid learning centre based in Glen Strathfarrar, near Beauly in the Highlands of Scotland. The project is all about outdoor living – from looking after our livestock to making real buildings, from weaving baskets to making burgers from the meat we have raised here. The tradition of the shieling where folk lived outdoors all summer herding the cattle, gives us a window onto the past, but also helps us look forward to a sustainable future.
Have a look around the website for our different courses and book in for 2022
Am bu toigh leat bò a’ bhleoghainn, bothan a’ thogail neo coille a chur as ùr? Am bu toigh leat a’ bhith ‘nad arc-eòlaiche, ‘nad bhàrd, no ‘nad breabadair? Thig a-mach dhan àrainneachd agus feuch dòigh beatha na h-àirigh còmhla rinn!
’S e ionad ionnsachaidh neo-eisimeileach a th’ ann am Pròiseact na h-Àirigh, a chaidh a’ stèidheachadh taobh a-muigh siostaman dealain is goireasan phoblach àbhaisteach. Ionnsachaidh sibh mu dheidhinn a’ bhith beò a-muigh – a’ togail bhothain, a’ dèanamh bhasgaidean, neo a’ còcaireachd bhurgairean bho fheòil ar sprèidh fhèin. Bidh sinn a’ toirt sùil air ais chun an àm nuair a bhiodh daoine agus am beathaichean a gluasad gach Samhradh suas chun na h-Àirighean. Tro ionnsachadh seann chleachdaidhean a bh’ aca, gheibh sinn sealladh air mar as urrainn dhuinne a bhith beò ann an saoghal seasmhach san latha againn fhèin agus ‘s an àm ri thighinn.
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Photos by the Shieling Project, Mhairi Baird, George Logan and David Powell
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We've been talking about our intro to timber course over on Instagram today. Pop on over if you want to find out more. The course covers all you need to know about creating a shed or hut timber structure of your own & the cost covers tuition, accommodation, materials & food. https://t.co/IsT7lNiGi6
Shielings on Lewis. David, who has taken over the @HI_Voices account this week, is going to be tweeting more about these later this week. If you are on Lewis, you can join him on a walk there. #shieling https://t.co/MMoI2IaUlk
There’s just one last thing I wanted to tweet on my first day... Sometime this week, I want to live-tweet a day-long walk – to beehive dwellings & shielings in Uig. They’re stunning remnants of past ways of life. If you’re on Lewis & would like to come along, just reply or DM. https://t.co/xQE3Znf2mM
Winter in Strathfarrar. What is it like where you are? We are going from hard frosts & icy days to unseasonably warm ones. A pattern of frost/ thaw - frost/ thaw.
The Glen looks beautiful with its winter coat.
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Photos by the Shieling Project, Mhairi Baird, George Logan and David Powell