Image: Men of the village of Ballantrushal, North Lewis using their buckets as shelter from hail stones as they try to finish reseeding. Photo taken by Charles Macleod.

Our Christmas card image comes courtesy of the Comunn Eachdraidh Nis (Ness Historical Society). Comunn Eachdraidh Nis have been SCA’s featured Community Archive throughout 2025, and you can catch up with all their activity and blog posts here.