Highland Homespun

By Margaret Leigh

Book Overview

A reflective 1933 memoir recounts one year of West Highlands farming on Achnabo farm.

In May 1933 Margaret Leigh took over the tenancy of Achnabo farm, in a beautiful corner of the West Highlands overlooking the isle of Skye.

In this unsentimental yet exquisitely written book, she recounts a year of farming life there, from the burning of the land and ploughing in March, through planting and sowing in April to haymaking and harvesting in September. Incidental details - such as a visit to the smithy, the arrival of some new bulls and the annual journey of the cows to the summer shielings - provide fascinating insights into farming life.

Local characters and customs feature too, adding another rich dimension to this reflective and poignant memoir of a world now vanished forever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839830999
• ISBN13: 9781839830990
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Origin
• Length: 304 Pages