{"id":595,"date":"2008-04-24T06:30:59","date_gmt":"2008-04-24T06:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/?p=595"},"modified":"2008-04-24T06:30:59","modified_gmt":"2008-04-24T06:30:59","slug":"passing-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/passing-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Passing Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/div>\n

Jose Navarro
www.pangeafoto.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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There are few places in the UK where the direction from which the wind is blowing still matters, but North Uist is one of them. Here, you watch and pay attention to what the weather presenter has to tell you, for it will determine what you do the next day. <\/p>\n

<\/strong> The\u00a0 mighty Hebridean wind can call off school;\u00a0 prevent you from buying your essentials from the nearest grocery shop; stop you from collecting the seaweed which otherwise would have gathered on the sandy beaches, ready to fertilise the island\u2019s naturally acidic soils. It can even cancel the burial of a recently deceased islander. If you\u2019re a crofter, the wind will be one of the many natural events, which reminds you of your inevitable connection with the land.<\/p>\n