"... the highlight of the school week. It was Friday. Especially if the weather was good. My brother and I were allowed to go to stay the whole weekend at Uig ( now belonging to Stephen and Karlijn Dickison) with Auntie Flora and cousin John Allan.

We walked the whole way from the village and thought nothing of it.

Arivirig was our home. My father was the last person to farm there. We children had many chores to do. That was why Fridays in the summer months were the highlight of the week!"

Annie MacQuarrie