Life on (nearly) a Small Island

We're not getting much in the way of snow though there are some heavy hail showers and even snow showers. But it's only settlin...

Shetland is quite a bit further North than Orkney and though there are links between the two island groups and we share much of ...

no not the chocolate bar but the REAL milky way.... that is what is in the picture. Actually the Milky Way over Stromness and (to the le...

Last night was Burns Night but we had our Supper and Dance on Friday night as it suited folk better. We don't hold one every year,...

I made it through the storm! (Hmm think that's a line in a song somewhere).  Well to be precise it wasn't much of a storm the 2...

Wind speed just before 10am this morning : only 46 mph but gusting to 80mph makes life "interesting" That was a lively nigh...

A pre-storm rainbow Today was just a regular Orkney winter day - windy. Nothing exceptional. But all over the island folk were making pr...