Cycling for Bubaque 2019: brutal 'Land Clearances' in Badbea, Scotland
Photos Badbea land clearances By big landowners almost chased over the cliffs into the sea 14 August: On my drive from Dunbeath to Brora, I passed the ruins of Badbea, a former village right on the edge of the cliffs where small tenant farmers (crofters) were forced to settle after the 'land clearances'. Large landowners in the late 18th, early 19th century [...]
Cycling for Bubaque 2019: Norske Mill & Kiln, Isle of Lewis
The Norwegians also left their pre-industrial traces on the Hebrides.
Cycling for Bubaque 2019: 'Bloody Sunday' in Derry
'Insider' stories about the 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland: 'apartheid' and discrimination existed there too.
Cycling for Bubaque-Ireland: Beltany Stone Circle
A stone circle where victims fell
Cycling for Bubaque 2019-Ireland: Visit to Carrowmore Megalithic Site
Dolmens, stone circles, passage tombs symbolising the transition from life to death and the final resting place of the legendary Queen Maeve
Cycling for Bubaque 2019-Ireland: Addergoole Titanic Memorial Park
Irish diaspora after potato famine: drowning on way to land of promise
Cycling for Bubaque 2019: Stonehenge UNESCO world heritage site
At the visitor centre at Stonehenge, I learned a thing or two about the history of this UNESCO world heritage monument.
