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21st of August, and I am trying to remember what was doing on the croft then some years ago. The stack-yard would have quite a few head of large hay-stacks, but before all the ricks were hauled in the binders would be getting attention, it being time to start the corn, now getting ripe.

The binder was indeed a remarkable piece of machinery , not much evident on crofts, here, till the late 50s or early 60s, and a revolutionary addition to the simple macines already in evidence during past years. this machine cut the corn, measured it into sheves, then tied them with twine and ejected a beautifully completed sheaf; a boon to the working life of the crofter. The corn cutting season would go on well into september, even in the best weather. The next event would be the potato harvesting in October.

In those days there wasn't any mention of atmosphere pollution, and certainly I must say, there was no evidence and no knowledge. It was intersting to read recently of the construction of a huge wind turbine, to be placed at one of the disuesed oilfields (Beaterice ) I believe. This turbine is capable of generating electricity to supply a city the size of Aberdeen. Dare I say that Scotland is going to be the Wind capital of Europe.