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This is for my friend Eileen MacDonald, whose uncle was Malcolm MacLeod, the Calums Road Calum.. A modern legend in Gaeldom. Taking matters into your own hands!! Calum and his brother, Charles, constructed the track from Torran to Fladda (Eilean Fladday), over three winters from 1949-1952. For this, they were each paid £35 a year by the local council. After decades of unsuccessful campaigning by the inhabitants of the north end of Raasay for a road, and several failed grant applications, Calum decided to build the road himself. Purchasing Thomas Aitkens manual Road Making & Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors and Others (London, 1900), for half a crown, he started work, replacing the old narrow footpath. Over a period of about ten years (1964-1974), he constructed one and three quarter miles of road between Brochel Castle and Arnish, using little more than a shovel, a pick and a wheelbarrow youtu.be/niTLH9VaKc4
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 18:44:09 +0000

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