Life on (nearly) a Small Island

Last year I planted half a dozen strawberry plants given to me by friends, and as is the way of fruiting plants only one or two fruited in t...

I was in Stromness yesterday and the "coal boat" was in the harbour. As Orkney is an island community most fuel has to be transpor...

Here are some more photos from the "Scapa Flow Cruise". The picture above looks like a fairly nondescript subject - a skerry with...

Yesterday a few of us from Graemsay went along on a cruise of Scapa Flow organised by the Scapa Flow Landscape Partnership . The "MV G...

(Photos courtesy of Jenny Taylor - who walked the hills of Hoy while taking these! Graemsay sits between the island of Hoy and the Orkney Ma...

Lots of fledglings around now - most almost as big as their parents but still wanting food and attention. The stone window ledges of the ho...

This week is Stromness Shopping Week, a gala week for the town. In the past the local shops would display their wares on tables outside the...