About Hamish

I grew up on a small Scottish island called Auskerry, which is solely inhabited by my parents. My parents named me and my two older brothers after the island where we spent our childhood. Auskerry is part of Orkney, which is an archipelago situated off the north coast of Scotland.

Orkney with Auskerry marked.
Orkney with Auskerry marked.

Due to geographical necessity, me and my brothers were home-educated for a large part of the year until the age of 14. For the remaining months of the year, I went to school in the small city of Kirkwall on the Orkney mainland.

My parents own and run a sheep farming business on the island: you can see what they do and sell on their own website: isleofauskerry.com

House by the sea on the left (North) and Lighthouse and pier on the right.
Auskerry from the air: Hamish’s family home is on the left-hand end (North) and Lighthouse and pier are on the right. Copyright: Rory Auskerry

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  1. jdlaw75 says:
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    I have just been reading about Auskerry in the book ‘Some Lovely Islands’ by Leslie Thomas (1968).
    What a fascinating place, then owned by John Dennison who farmed sheep there, but lived elsewhere on the Orkneys.

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