Talmine Bay, Sutherland (Credit: Venture North)
Favourite Places: Melness
By Susanne MacDonald
Susanne MacDonaldImage provided by Smartify
This audio forms part of a series of audio interviews conducted in 2022 by Smartify as part of the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands project. Listen and discover the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands through the eyes of the people who live, work and visit here.
In this audio series, learn about the places across the region that hold special meaning to the people of the Highlands and Islands. Here, listen to Susanne MacDonald as she describes her bittersweet feelings to the beautiful village of Melness, Sutherland.
...I have very mixed feelings whenever I go back there...I have witnessed it myself declining over the years, where my 94 year old aunt is the last native Gaelic speaker of that little village...