The Adventure Begins.
Funny how things turn out, some call it coincidence, some call it luck and others serendipity.We just happened to find ourselves in the right place at the right time.
It never came onto the open market and as far as we know nobody knew it was for sale. A friend alerted us, we contacted the vendor and the deal was done and dusted within a month! We became the proud, excited and slightly terrified owners of The Old Manse, Eigg. All three emotions are perhaps best explained by some photos we took on our first visit.
Our very first sighting
The view from an upstairs window
The back of the house
Inside was a mess
but there were one or two treasures to be found
The magnificent Sgurr in the distance
With so much to do we didn't know where to start. It was going to be a DIY Coyle Construction project and an imperative was to make it wind and watertight. That would involve me going up to do extended work on the roof. However one slight problem was my fear of heights! So not wanting to fall at the first hurdle, I explored the option of hypnotherapy. Although a little sceptical, it was one of a very limited range of options and so I booked some sessions with a professional near to where we live in Aberdeen. My first homework was to climb up a ladder and see how I felt. It was remarkable and after just one more session I could climb the scaffolding we had bought and go onto the roof to repair some broken glass in the rooflights and actually enjoy the views.
The next obstacle was getting there during a stormy and wet winter; more of that in our next entry.
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