Cheerio! Cheerio! Cheerio!
Posted: Wednesday, 25 January 2006 |
Friday is my last day at the 大象传媒 as I'm going off out into the big bad world from under Auntie's skirt-tails. Thankfully as soon as I'm off, Island Blogging will be taken over by Graham - a trusty colleague who can still be contacted via islandblogging@bbc.co.uk and will take over the IBHQ moderators blog.
The project was first set up in North Argyll a pilot project on the back of the Argyll Islands Digital Community scheme, which gave each households in the North Argyll islands free internet access for one year, as well as a computer, webcam, scanner and printer. We talked to them about creating a project that allowed users to create their own content, and explore hw to use their new-fangled equipment. It has since grown South, then across the North-West and round the top.
Thanks to everyone who has contributed writing and photos from start to finish like and and and
Island Blogging has given me the chance to roam about the country 'promoting the project'. I've visited islands I'd never been to: Gigha; wild wild Jura; sampling local uisge beatha on Islay; stunning Orkney; amazing Tiree and the Uists. All places I had not trod. It was also a great opportunity to re-visit some of my favourite islands: Mull, Skye and Lewis amongst them.
For the future I hope we can get ALL the islands onboard (come on Rum, Eigg, Eriskay, South Ronaldsay and Papa Westray! Papa Stour, Hoy and Barra, let's hear you). So to leave you here is a random batch of photos collected from round about, and wish you all the very best....
P.S. see you at the Fank!
The project was first set up in North Argyll a pilot project on the back of the Argyll Islands Digital Community scheme, which gave each households in the North Argyll islands free internet access for one year, as well as a computer, webcam, scanner and printer. We talked to them about creating a project that allowed users to create their own content, and explore hw to use their new-fangled equipment. It has since grown South, then across the North-West and round the top.
Thanks to everyone who has contributed writing and photos from start to finish like and and and
Island Blogging has given me the chance to roam about the country 'promoting the project'. I've visited islands I'd never been to: Gigha; wild wild Jura; sampling local uisge beatha on Islay; stunning Orkney; amazing Tiree and the Uists. All places I had not trod. It was also a great opportunity to re-visit some of my favourite islands: Mull, Skye and Lewis amongst them.
For the future I hope we can get ALL the islands onboard (come on Rum, Eigg, Eriskay, South Ronaldsay and Papa Westray! Papa Stour, Hoy and Barra, let's hear you). So to leave you here is a random batch of photos collected from round about, and wish you all the very best....
P.S. see you at the Fank!
Comments
All the best for the future. Will they make you an honourary island, will you have to resort to using the comments or are you sick to the back teeth and never want to hear from us again?
Nic from Coll
Thanks for all the good work, and good luck for the future!
Arnish Lighthouse from Stornoway
Mike thanks for all your enthusiasm and technical support for this project. It鈥檚 been great to see all the new bloggers have the chance to join in and it will be interesting to see how the project develops in the future. Thanks again and when you next turn up in Tobermory call in, the first one is on me.
pondhead from Mull
Sorry to see you go Mike, all the very best in the future and remeber to drop in when you're back on Arran! Hope you're not going to disapear completely?
Sunny from Arran
It wasn't anything my cousin Donald said, was it? Very best of luck in the big wide world and should you bump into the Godwin let us know. Thanks for giving us the platform. Your place in the VIP enclosure at the Fank is assured.
calumannabel from overcome with emulsion at the Butt of Lewis
Best of luck for the future Mike. You've done a grand job here. Moran Taing. Now about these skirt-tails of your Auntie's. I haven't seen anything that matches that description in JD's, Oxendales or Murray's Fankwear Collection Which catalogue does she use?
Annie B from Lone Sheiling
aa da best fae wis in da nort
Ruthodanort from Unst
Very best of luck, come and say hello if you're back on Lewis.
BoB from Lewis
thanks for all your help in the past year, good luck
Marie from Mull
Best wishes and thanks
Davey from Skye
thanks Mike and best wishes
Jamie from Lewis
many many thanks for all your help, sorry i was so slow
Anne from Orkney
Best of luck for the future, what are you to be doing?
Steve & Jane from Yell
Thanks and best wishes for the future. See you again on Islay I hope.
Max from Islay
Never mind giving Mike a VIP spot at the fank, tell us more about gorgeous Graham. And what happened to Richard?
Nic from Coll
All the best, Mike, with whatever you're moving on to. It seems an eternity ago since that Quiz Night and your "pitch". Avaunt!
Doug from Coll
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