Episode 3
Third in a six-part series following Donald MacSween as he tries to make it as a full-time crofter. In this episode, he gears up for egg production, and a major winter storm hits.
Tha Dòmhnall MacSuain - no Sweeny mar as fheà rr a dh' aithnichear e - na chroitear à Leòdhas le miann sònraichte. Na Niseach pròiseil, tha e an-drà sta ag obair pà irt-ùine, ach bu mhath leis sin atharrachadh gu tur agus barrachd ùine a chur seachad anns an à ite as bòidhche fon ghrèin na bheachd-san - Nis, gus a bhith na chroitear là n ùine. Leanaidh sinn e thar bliadhna san t-sreath
ùr seo de 6 earrannan, 's e a' feuchainn a rùn shònraichte a thoirt gu buil.
Tha ùidh air a bhith aig Sweeny ann am beathaichean agus croitearachd bhon a bha e na ghille òg agus chuir e seachad tòrr ùine le a sheanair air lot an teaghlaich. Bhon a ghabh e os là imh e ann an 2005 tha e air ùine a roinn eadar an obair là itheil agus croitearachd - rud nach robh furasta, ach anns an Iuchar 2014 ghabh e a' chiad cheum le a phlanaichean dìoghrasach.
An t-seachain-sa tha e ag ullachadh airson a' chiad uighean a reic, agus tha dùbhlain mhòr chroitearachd ri fhaicinn leis a' chiad stoirm den gheamhradh agus bàs air a' chroit.
Donald MacSween - or Sweeny as most folk know him - is a Lewis crofter with a dream. A proud Ness man, he is currently working part-time but aims to change all that so he can spend more time in what he considers to be the best place in the world, Ness, and be a crofter full-time. We follow him over a year in this six-part series as he tries to make his dream become a reality.
Sweeny has had an interest in animals and crofting from a young age and spent a lot of time with his grandfather on the family croft. Since taking over the croft in 2005, he's juggled the demands of the day job with crofting, but in July 2014 he embarked on the next stage of his ambitious plans.
In this episode, he gears up for egg production and has a school visit, but crofting's many challenges are all too apparent when the first major winter storm hits and there is a death on the croft.
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Tha na cearcan air tòiseachadh a’ breith
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