Author Archives: nikwak

People say to me: Why don’t you update this blog more often? Well, the truthful answer is: nothing new really happens all that often so I’d be ‘blogging’ all the same stuff all the time. However, the shop is now … Continue reading →

For all our regular visitors to the workshop I have some very bad news. Belle, our lovely 12 year old collie, was run over last night by a hit and run driver outside the house. As everyone who has visited … Continue reading →

Just to let you know that the Skyelight Candle mobile site is now up and running. You don’t have to do anything in particular. If you put skyelight.co.uk in to your mobile browser then it automatically takes you to the … Continue reading →

I know – I am so bad at keeping up with writing – ask my friends (or maybe ex-friends by now). Anyway, it has been a glorious summer up here this year – we had 4 and a half months … Continue reading →

I was asked this question last week by a friend of ours who lives down the road. I thought she meant candle making but she actually meant the Blog because I don’t keep it as fresh as I should. Well, … Continue reading →

Very quiet Christmas at home – although the shop was very busy, especially with Internet orders – thank you all very much. New Year was disastrous as far as the weather was concerned so nobody dared to go out ‘first-footing’ – the … Continue reading →

Went down this morning to put the OPEN sign out and nearly got blown off my feet – not an easy task for any wind as I am almost 16 stone! The rain is horizontal and the phone lines keep … Continue reading →

After almost 2 weeks of glorious weather it suddenly changed with a vengeance. One day it was so hot everyone was walking about in shorts and t shirts, the next – up to our knees in rain – typical Skye … Continue reading →

Been a bit of time since I put a bvlog up here but the weather has been unbelievable – winds with gusts up to 100mph in Staffin. No electricity one day for over 6 hours – no problem for us … Continue reading →