Life on (nearly) a Small Island

I love the calm after a storm. Today the sun was out.  There were some rain showers, but the wind dropped and the sun shone so I barely n...

Witches, vampires and ghosts were abroad on Graemsay on Friday night.  But they all got scared off by the Graemsay folk in fancy dress f...

There has been torrential rain overnight and reports around Orkney of flooded roads, fields, and even some houses. Ponies and sheep have...

The clocks have gone back an hour and sunset was at 4.18 today!  Dark by five...sigh..... But I'm slowly getting in gear for Winter....

Wellyfest - I may need to translate for non-UK readers - wellies is short for Wellingtons, a popular name for rubber boots.  These were ...

One of the island Rangers on Sanday, one of the more Northerly of the Orkney islands, has again set up a seal cam this year. You can watch i...

The month of October gallops on.  I've been away South, to a wedding (more of that soon), plus it's been a difficult week. So fo...