Life on (nearly) a Small Island

I forget who it was who said "Scratch the surface of Orkney and it bleeds archaeology" but it certainly seems to be true. Orkney,...

..... the one in Orkney, that is. I love visiting Happy Valley at any time of the year. It's a garden just outside Stenness which was...

Saturday was a lovely day and I spent it out on the West Mainland (of Orkney). These photos are around the Brough of Birsay ("brough...

The first of the "early" carrots from the veggie plot! OK I am pathetically pleased with my first attempts at growing veggies! B...

These young swallows have clearly fledged but aren't yet self sufficient. They've been sitting on the conservatory roof beneath my ...

This week the weather has been glorious for "shopping week" - a gala week in Stromness, with various events and parades taking pla...

(Picture: Pierowall village, Westray) A few das ago I spent a couple of days on one of the more Northerly of the Orkney islands - Westray a...