_1022 Aos Dàna - ‘Encounters with Gaels’ - Leslie Riddoch "The forthcoming book recounts Lesley Riddoch\u2019s encounters, as she cycled from Barra to the Butt of Lewis in 2006, a journey she undertook to explore the language, economy, culture & history of the Outer Isles. The book is based on her robust exchanges with crofters, villagers & visitors, and her own reflections about the big cultural and demographic challenges facing the isles over the next decade. Lesley Riddoch attended university at Oxford, where she was President of the Union. She is a prize-winning journalist. Between 1999 and 2005, she had her own daily radio programme the Lesley Riddoch Programme on Radio Scotland. Lesley assisted in putting together the community buyout plan for Eigg and is a Trustee of the Isle of Eigg Trust. After the reading move a few feet to the C\u00e8ilidh venue for the dance." Talks and Literature "The forthcoming book recounts Lesley Riddoch\u2019s encounters, as she cycled from Barra to the Butt of Lewis in 2006, a journey she undertook to explore the language, economy, culture & history of the Outer Isles. The book is based on her robust exchanges with crofters, villagers & visitors, and her own reflections about the big cultural and demographic challenges facing the isles over the next decade. Lesley Riddoch attended university at Oxford, where she was President of the Union. She is a prize-winning journalist. Between 1999 and 2005, she had her own daily radio programme the Lesley Riddoch Programme on Radio Scotland. Lesley assisted in putting together the community buyout plan for Eigg and is a Trustee of the Isle of Eigg Trust. After the reading move a few feet to the C\u00e8ilidh venue for the dance." 57.086897 -5.871878000000038