Aha! Thats what I wanted to hear PPirate, a bit of encouragement to spend my holiday dosh!!! Do you think they may not want it?
And another question, whats a Luinger? Some kind of pistol maybe?
And just a point, I like the rain, if we didn't have rain we wouldn't live in a green and pleasant land would we? I'm starting a fan club for the colour grey, it gets bad press!!!!
Don't worry, all visitors to Seil, the locals are really a great bunch. Seil's one of the friendliest places on planet earth. As Spiderman, I've done the rounds elsewhere, even to alien worlds, so I know. All you're seeing in this chat site is the healthy grumbling of the largely contented. My spider-sense also notes that Seil folk are well above average intelligence. There are hints of this in some of the blog herein. There may not be many Seilachans but cumulatively they have the power of an island university of life.
Visitors and tourists, come on and enjoy the place - and the people.
Thanks for that Spidey, and for taking the trouble to clamber round a few buildings to get to your pooter and reply to a sassenach!!! I'm scouring the internet now to look out b n b's to stay or self catering places for 4 adults - any ideas or recommendations? Sea views a high listing!!
Spiderman, Spiderman, does whatever a spider can................. do do dooo, do do dooo, do do dodo do do doooo................
Hi Sassenach, My spider-sense suggests you start at the B&B and self-catering parts of this website, i.e. at <http://www.oban.ws/seil/selfcatering.html>. They're all good!
Cheers Spidey - you're a pal!! Had a quick peruse of the website you suggested and there's some lovely places on there. Some people are sooooo lucky to live in such wonderful places aren't they??? And to think millions of very silly peeps spend hours standing in air teminals and sitting on cramped flights to get to places where millions of other peeps are doing the same old same old. Give me and mine Great Britain any old day of the week - it's fab come rain or shine!!!
I visited Seil last year and thought it was one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. I plan to return often.
Here's my question...my boyfriend and I are planning to leave the big smoke (ie Glasgow) and 'live the dream' as it's said, somewhere on the west coast.
Would Seil be a good place for us? We want to build a house or convert a derelict property to live in.
We've decided to throw the question to the winds and see what responses we get.
Don't ask THEM what you should do, but DO ask YOURSELVES some very serious questions before you move. Start with a clean sheet of paper and write down all the pros and cons. Try to put the beauty of Seil out of your mind as you do this. It doesn't always look so perfect, and you know the grass is not always greener.
To many outsiders the impression you get is that some of the locals do not believe the concept of "happiness" exists. But then undoubtably there is a significant population who saw it, loved it and have kept it as their home.
It's your life. Do what you want to do, not what some parochial neighbour may want you to do.
1/ Would you be able to afford to buy property on Seil?
2/ Can you support yourselves? Jobs are hard to come by in Oban, and well-paying non-seasonal jobs even harder
3/ Can you hack up to four months of dreary rain and gale lashed darkness in the Winter
If you can answer yes to these three questions then you will probably get on well on Seil - there are all sorts here, so somewhere you will find like-minded people and make friends - and as for some of the negative views expressed by locals on this forum - well, generally their bark is worse than their bite and they will be civil (at least) to you if you meet them down the pub.
7th, sounds like you need a few early nights . . .
yes nick I have been burning the candle at both ends, and as usual you have put across the most salient of points. these are indeed the questions any self respecting "living the dream"er should ask them self.
Where are you on the globe at present? some where warm and balmy I hope.
I have made no secret that I would love to emigrate to Seil. But alas, the dollar to pound situation makes this a no go. Plus with the rising costs of houseing in the U.K., I am amazed that those of you there now can afford to live.
I have recently recieved several e-mails from couples in the U.K. inquiring about properties here where I live. They have found that they can no longer afford to buy a home in the U.K. and are concidering coming here. Who would have ever thought? I am starting to think that the grass in not greener on either side of the fence, but just varying degrees of brown.
Thanks, Pentland Pirate and Nick. Those are all things we're working out! (Dreary rain and gale-lashed sounds great. Really).
Seventh Seil - why...why do we want to move? Fresh air, peace and quiet, a place to bring up kids away from the grind of the city. Or did you mean - Why are we asking you all first? Partly politeness, and partly to try and gauge the waters. I've lived in small rural communities most of my life, and on another of the Western Isles, and some places are more welcoming of incomers than others...
Anyway, thanks for your responses. Might see you soon!
Cityrat
1/ Would you be able to afford to buy property on Seil?
2/ Can you support yourselves? Jobs are hard to come by in Oban, and well-paying non-seasonal jobs even harder
3/ Can you hack up to four months of dreary rain and gale lashed darkness in the Winter
If you can answer yes to these three questions then you will probably get on well on Seil - there are all sorts here, so somewhere you will find like-minded people and make friends - and as for some of the negative views expressed by locals on this forum - well, generally their bark is worse than their bite and they will be civil (at least) to you if you meet them down the pub.
7th, sounds like you need a few early nights . . .
why to both really, why advertise you want to do it ? why not just do it, as for peace and quiet away from the "grind" of the city, if you end up working two jobs or one low paid one just to get by in a place like Seil these things will recede in importance. Although if you are going to start a family in a place like Seil, good on you it's what places like this need.
Aha! Thats what I wanted to hear PPirate, a bit of encouragement to spend my holiday dosh!!! Do you think they may not want it?
Little worried about the jip scenario!!! 
