tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post2534495119684357047..comments2024-03-18T17:15:39.964+00:00Comments on Life on (nearly) a Small Island: Happy Valley....Sianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13827449325297069660noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-63526028766117987002009-08-24T20:54:26.015+01:002009-08-24T20:54:26.015+01:00Was Edwin still in residence then? It is a really ...Was Edwin still in residence then? It is a really magical place. I just love it - and it's so well hidden too that when you do come across it, the place really does feel all secluded and secret.Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-28925846825381794662009-08-22T21:16:51.037+01:002009-08-22T21:16:51.037+01:00We camped, purely by chance, in a grassy field nea...We camped, purely by chance, in a grassy field nearby in the late eighties- and had no idea the garden was there until a local lady suggested I go and have a look.<br />What serendipity! I discovered each part of the garden as it unfolded in front of me- and I was watched over all the way by a very territorial crow.jayartibeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13089926193108289643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-41740124146992099052009-07-30T22:16:53.932+01:002009-07-30T22:16:53.932+01:00Malc - aye - and watch when you're driving on ...Malc - aye - and watch when you're driving on Mainland roads - they have these circular things in the middle of the road - I think you approach them much as you would the Westray One-Step....<br /><br />Chris - There are several small woodlands on the Orkney Mainland, and on Hoy there is some ancient woodland in Berridale. Not huge forests - but pockets of trees around! On Graemsay just small scrub type trees though.<br /><br />VioletSy - I love the monkey puzzle tree! The house is too dilapidated to live in - was by the time Edwin moved out (no electricity or "facilities"). It will probably be turned into a visitor centre, and volunteers will keep the garden going - volunteers led by experts and maintained in the spirit Edwin would still approve of.Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-32668080939300881202009-07-30T21:18:39.182+01:002009-07-30T21:18:39.182+01:00and a monkey puzzle tree! I remember my first sigh...and a monkey puzzle tree! I remember my first sighting of one of those and I still get excited whenever I see one!<br /><br />It's too bad a gardener couldn't be installed in the house so that it could be kept up.VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-24639672376748888362009-07-30T12:56:10.805+01:002009-07-30T12:56:10.805+01:00What a lovely magical place.I ,too, thought that t...What a lovely magical place.I ,too, thought that trees wouldn't grow in Orkney as it was too windy, shows what lies are told to keep us soft southerners away!Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-42257703206858742092009-07-30T09:20:00.234+01:002009-07-30T09:20:00.234+01:00Trees, eh? Mainlanders and their fancy ways.
I...Trees, eh? Mainlanders and their fancy ways.<br /><br />I've yet to visit Happy Valley in two years in Orkney, but I'll put that right before the summer's over.Malcolm Cinnamondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05120038732155986660noreply@blogger.com