Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Stargazing
Stargazing: Memoirs Of A Young Lighthouse Keeper | Peter Hill
3 posts | 3 read | 11 to read
A moving and hilarious memoir of life on three Scottish lighthouses - and a beautiful tribute to a long-lost vocation that will always capture the imagination. In 1973, Peter Hill was a 19 year old hippy art student when he was interviewed for the job of Relief A moving and hilarious memoir of life on three Scottish lighthouses - and a beautiful tribute to a long-lost vocation that will always capture the imagination. Lighthouse Keeper by The Commissioners of the Northern Lights in Edinburgh. For the next 12 months he would work on 3 legendary lighthouses off the coast of Scotland. From these rocky outcrops and uninhabited islands Peter Hill came of age listening to the tales of older keepers, all of whom had lived fascinating lives around the world. They took turns at keeping watch throughout the night in the light chambers, and by day- when not laying lobster creels and attending to their idiosyncratic hobbies- they kept in touch with the outside world through television. This was the year that Vietnam burned, the Watergate hearings were beamed in live by satellite from Washington, and strains of Jimi Hendrix lifted the roof. The contrast with the age- old world of the lighthouse keepers could not be more marked- Peter Hill has captured the magic of both worlds and granted us the privilege of learning fascinating details about the history and legend of this now defunct but perennially romantic and poetic vocation. Laugh out loud funny, poetic, poignant and endlessly fascinating, Star Gazing is a wise and wistful tribute to a time and a way of life that no longer exists- but one that will always capture the imagination and stir the soul.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
review
Anna40
post image
Pickpick

"I've heard of lighthouse keepers who turned down their shore leave and annual holidays because they could not face 'the real world'. For them contentment and well-being were to be found on a friendly rock in an ever-changing ocean."

Peter Hill describes his brief time working as a lighthouse keeper, the lighthouses and the men he worked with. An enjoyable, quick read.

blurb
Anna40
post image

😂

blurb
TheNeverendingTBR
post image

In 1973, Peter Hill was 19 during the summer break from art school in Dundee he took a position of relief lighthouse keeper and found himself living with three men on a tiny, remote island off the west coast of Scotland.

This book follows the year that Peter spent in the job, meeting unusual and fascinating people, learning the lore, and experiencing a way of life that has now all but disappeared.

Sounds interesting! 🌌🌠🌙

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Sounds wonderful!! Stacked! 5y
83 likes8 stack adds1 comment