Whatever you are doing... don't!: The adventures of an intrepid Skyeman

Adventurer, sailor, skier, entrepreneur and former member of the Territorial SAS, Ruaraidh Hilleary has led an exciting life. His Memoirs cover his idyllic childhood in the Isle of Skye in the 1930s, schooldays at Eton during the war, followed by postings with the Scots Guards that included Trieste and the bombed ruins of Cologne. He has canoed the Zambezi river, nearly fallen into a crevasse in the Swiss Alps and experienced the Cresta Run and the bobsleigh in St Moritz, without brakes. His professional life has been equally intrepid. Ruaraidh sold cutlery in Zimbabwe, insurance in London, smoked salmon in Paris, cashmere in Spain and even Highland Wine in Scotland. He also owned and ran a caravan park near Lossiemouth in the 1970s and has helped develop a fish farm with the Jethro Tull rock star Ian Anderson and a wind farm in partnership with the Edinbane crofters, both in Skye, where he now lives. Ruaraidh’s book documents a life filled with challenges, risks, much laughter and some sadness. Now a well-known, much-loved Skye figure, a father, grandfather and great-grandfather, ‘Whatever you are doing, don’t!’ contains fascinating insights into Scotland’s recent history, as well as reflections on 90 years of a life, in which every minute was lived to the full.

Biographies & Memoirs

Hilleary, Ruaraidh

Historical

Skirinish Publishing

Standing tall amongst the many strong, passionate and single minded ‘Sons of Skye’, Ruaraidh has led a life of adventure and self-determination. The Scots Guards, Rhodesia and the SAS laid the foundations for an amazing family, and that together with his beloved Isle of Skye and a Bentley tells this happy tale!

Hilleary ERD, Mr. Ruaraidh

Skye, Cloud Island

Hansen, Morten

The chance discovery of a fossil bone changes Sam’s life. Sam is convinced it belonged to a dinosaur and is eager to find more. He persuades his Mum to spend their summer holiday on the Scottish Isle of Skye – the ‘Dinosaur Island’. 
Here he encounters charismatic dinosaur hunter Dugie and finds his first real friend in Caitlin, who loves nature as much as he does. 
Sam and Caitlin set out to make the next big dinosaur discovery on Skye, but not everything goes according to plan…\n“A touching story of growing up, making friends, and hunting for dinosaurs. Read along as young Sam sets off to Dinosaur Island, to find his treasure. Put yourself in his boots, because there is a real Dinosaur Island in Scotland: the Isle of Skye, where many dinosaur footprints and bones have been found recently. Maybe this book will inspire you to make the next great discovery?”\nSteve Brusatte, University of Edinburgh palaeontologist and author of 'The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs'

The Island Where Dinosaurs Roamed

Children's Books

Blakesley, David

Animals

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