Life on (nearly) a Small Island

...Orkney had The Otter Bank -  a floating bank which sailed around the North Isles visiting it's customers! It was run by the Natio...

These pix were taken by Steven Heddle ( AllaboutOrkney ), who is (in no particular order) a local Orkney Islands councillor (politician)...

Here are some more photos from the other weekend when we had SUNSHINE!  This week has been wet and windy again, although today (sshhh!) w...

....will probably go down in history as the only few days without wind and with sun for the whole of January. Such is winter in Orkney!  ...

OK the return of the bad weather and work = low energy, hence no blog posts since last weekend.  Sorry about that! While I get my brain i...

....and NO WIND! Oh my goodness yesterday was just glorious. There was even WARMTH in the sun! It was such a joy to be able to walk about...

No, this isn't a new breed of hen! But I think my hens have been watching too much TV over the dark days of winter and have decided ...