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As winter approaches our thoughts are once again directed to keeping our homes warm which cannot be done, these days, without considerable expense.

My thoughts in view of such consciderations tend to return to the former practises of the populance of the highlands and islands of scotland who dwelt mainly in the old thatched cottages. Such erections are considered by many now-a-days to have been a very basic and exceedingly simple structure only for a some what poverty- stricken tenantry. But on the other hand the very few remaining of these houses are a definate source of interest to visitors and tourists who appear enjoy the the legacy from of bye-gone days .

As already stated keeping warm in the cold weather, in the winter, calls on a large part of our resources.

Now, the solid thatch house, considered to be a somewhat inidequate provider of comforts, I must say, had an obvious advantage over the more up to date urban and suburban buildings. The crofters' abode, which indeed the thatched cottage often was; squat in appearance, and sturdily erected with stone obtained in various ways. The walls were of a double build often with soil in between to provide insullation. The thatch was in itself the most substantial roof covering possible with its a turf base covered with reeds or marram grass. The inmates neither heard the most violent gales or felt the coldest bite of the dark season, while the old fashioned range added to the comfort.

Well, I'm not suggesting that we should return to this way of life, but when someone says that Johnny Highland Man lived at a subsitence level, I am inclined not to agree.