Life on (nearly) a Small Island

Woke up to sunshine, NO WIND, blue skies, mild temperatures ...... oooh bliss. A bit of a respite from the Autumnal wind and rain that we h...

There are a number of services and commemorations in Orkney this week for the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the battleship "HMS Ro...

Our usual Graemsay ferry (the MV Graemsay) is off being lengthened. A sort of "cut and shut" operation where the vessel is sawn i...

And through the rectangle window today...... we have a hail shower and rainbow, but no wind (so I opened the window to take the photo). Not...

OK Autumn has well and truly arrived in Orkney. We don't get any of the "mists and mellow fruitfulness" of Autumn south - it g...

I love mountains. Maybe I'm just fascinated with the way the landscapes have been moulded through millennia. Anyway while on holiday i...

A brief interlude in the photos from Durness. It was the the Graemsay Ladies Craft Sale on Friday (they call themselves "the Fat Cat...