Life on (nearly) a Small Island

Above are the lamp posts that adorn Lyme Regis.  The symbol of the ammonite reflects that the town is slap bang in the middle of the Jur...

OK folks, those wanting to hear tales of life on a small island might want to skip the next few posts! I'm just back from a lovely h...

Just back from a holiday in Dorset (UK) so while I catch up, here is a short interlude.... This film by local film-maker Raymond Besant ...

.... or should that be "Of sunsets, eggs and chickens"??!  Above is the sunset last night. Beautiful after a couple of bluster...

Here's a link to the artist, Nicki MacRae, who was the artist at the Ness of Brodgar dig this year. I think I had a photo of her among ...

Photo copyright Historic Scotland There's been great excitement in the archaeology world in Orkney as another hand carved figure ha...

No....not for me but for the island school children!  There are two young boys who have started school for the first time this August. (...