ON the western edge of the Sleat peninsula, sometimes called the Isle of Sleat, is Tarskavaig, a scattering of whitewashed cottages looking out across the open sea towards Rum and the Western Isles.
It was from here that Rowena MacDonald, a 32-year-old mother of four, was airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital last week, where she continues to fight for her life. In happier days, Rowena featured on the front page of the West Highland Free Press as the mother of the first baby born in 2016.
