Alister Elwis Land-based Services

Alister Elwis Land-based Services Contract farm and smallholding services throughout Scotland. Also available for farm and smallholding-sitting.

Services include: livestock handling (sheep/cows/horses); tractor/sprayer/forklift driving; drystone walling; fencing; welding/maintenance.

There’s something hypnotic about old drystone walls. Shame that I’m unlikely to have much time to work on the ones here ...
17/07/2022

There’s something hypnotic about old drystone walls. Shame that I’m unlikely to have much time to work on the ones here on our own wee farm – and the fact that the rocks here on Mull are just so darned big and heavy … The guys who built these walls must’ve been Scottish relatives of Popeye!

The landscape of our new Hebridean environment suggests that any rare time off over the next decade is likely to turn in...
12/06/2022

The landscape of our new Hebridean environment suggests that any rare time off over the next decade is likely to turn into a busman’s holiday for yours truly …

08/01/2022

Had to put everything on hold for a few weeks while we moved house (to the other side of the country), but now back in action. Recall coming on slowly but surely …

The new office junior appears to be very keen. …
25/10/2021

The new office junior appears to be very keen. …

Have been working on the west coast for a few days - nice to have a change of scene.
04/10/2021

Have been working on the west coast for a few days - nice to have a change of scene.

After a busy few months of soil sampling, spreader testing and walling, I’ve spent a couple of days this week catching u...
25/06/2021

After a busy few months of soil sampling, spreader testing and walling, I’ve spent a couple of days this week catching up on maintenance jobs at home! Needless to say, the wife had a list ready…

15/01/2021

That’s the first section of this big repair project completed – great to stand in the snow and look back at it now!

After a week feeding beasties on the west it’s back to walling on the east ... Glad I didn’t forget my gloves!
09/01/2021

After a week feeding beasties on the west it’s back to walling on the east ... Glad I didn’t forget my gloves!

Just wanted to thank all my customers across Scotland for the work they’ve entrusted to me during 2020 (whether it be so...
01/01/2021

Just wanted to thank all my customers across Scotland for the work they’ve entrusted to me during 2020 (whether it be soil sampling, spreader/sprayer testing or walling). I'd like to wish you all a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year in 2021! Last task of 2020 was a wee delivery on behalf of Halley's Hen BLOX to a customer on the Isle of Mull.

Recent project: a ten-metre boundary wall 'from scratch' (before and after). The client particularly likes the part whic...
23/12/2020

Recent project: a ten-metre boundary wall 'from scratch' (before and after). The client particularly likes the part which he noticed looks like a couple embracing! Can you see them?

They may look like big cuddly teddy bears, but they can’t half pack a punch!
05/12/2020

They may look like big cuddly teddy bears, but they can’t half pack a punch!

The “Sunday” job over the past couple of weekends - reconstructing a section of drystone wall to accommodate a new drain...
17/11/2020

The “Sunday” job over the past couple of weekends - reconstructing a section of drystone wall to accommodate a new drainage pipe (on the left and running underneath) on a residential property.

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