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Uist Machair

By Matthew Topsfield

Uist Strands Stitchers
Image provided by Smartify

This audio forms part of a series of audio interviews conducted in 2023 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 stitchers of the Tapestry of the Highlands and Islands.

Join Matthew in conversation with the Uist Strands stitchers and Smartify as he shares the inspiration behind his journey stone and how Uist machair has played a significant role in his life.

...so the machair is a really important part of my life because it brought me here to Uist. It's got me to where I am today...it's quite instrumental in a lot of aspects of my life.

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