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Wednesday 6 January 2021

Quick wander around the shore.....

 



Yesterday was another glorious day. Bright and sunny, chilly but no wind.  The weather is set to change tomorrow - we are forecast sleet and snow with a bit more wind.  Ah well.... it is Winter.  

Sadly there were a couple of cases of Covid-19 reported in Orkney today.  We have gone quite a while without any cases but with key workers travelling back and forth to Mainland Scotland, as well as local folk travelling and students back for the holidays there is always the risk of transmission.  Hopefully the cases will be few and the folk will recover quickly.

Anyway back to the short walk around the shore......  A cloud looking like a woolly sheep or a wooly wolf disguised as a woolly sheep over Stromness


Lots of seaweed by the natural swimming pool....



The horseshoe that was the "wrong way" round in yesterday's post was righted in the depth of night by a concerned neighbour!  All should be right with the world.  Unless you believe that the Devil will flow into the upturned shoe!


Creels on the old lighthouse pier.  





Button on the beach......


Across the bay.....


I took a drive round the island to keep the car running as I rarely drive it now.  I have no need to go anywhere!!  Looking over the croft of Quoys, the Community Hall (green hut) and the Manse on the hill.


And looking back across the bay to Sandside and Hoy High lighthouse. Orphir on the Orkney Mainland behind.


8 comments:

  1. Can never get too many pictures of Button! Sorry to hear of the covid on Orkney. It's nice to think of it as a hidey hole from the troubles of the world, but alas its defenses are not air tight. Stay well!

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    1. Thanks Peggy. Thankfully few cases but we have to be ever vigilant!

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  2. Beautiful sky in your first shot. Have you thought about cataloging your photos of Graemsay and putting them in a calendar, some photo houses will do this for you.

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    1. We have made island calendars for fund raisers in the past, but it gets quite expensive. I might think of doing it for friends sometime though. Although it does require me getting organised to do it!

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  3. Thanks for the beautiful photos to compensate for the bleak January we're experiencing in Minnesota (central North America).

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    1. Glad you enjoyed them and thank you for commenting. Hope you can stay safe and well in Minnesota!

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  4. Beautiful as ever. Sorry about your Covid but presumably not on your island. Unlike ours...

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    1. None on Graemsay so far fortunately. But we are ever vigilant!

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