Life on (nearly) a Small Island

This time it was Andrew's 18th Birthday - as evidenced above he was given the "bumps" in true tradition of birthdays (His D...

That WAS a windy night!  A maximum gust was recorded on one of the hills on the Orkney Mainland of 130mph at 6am this morning!  Highest ...

The old Scots word "dreich" is descriptive (an onomatopoeia (sounds like it is) if every I heard one). Today the weather is ver...

Came across this short film on YouTube via All About Orkney  and thought I'd share it here. It's called the "Orkney Anthem...

The last couple of days have been great - sunshine, very little wind and so MILD. Lovely to be outdoors! Last year at this time we had s...

Friday night was party night on the island. It was the annual "Harvest Home", a non-religious celebration of bringing in the ...

I was over in Stromness yesterday dog sitting for a friend who had to be away for the day. She has two Shetland collies and needed a volu...