Life on (nearly) a Small Island

Some months ago Voluntary Action Orkney (VAO) launched a scheme where island communities could apply for funding for projects called ...

These photos were taken around the Summer Solstice of 21st June when sunrise here was 3.58 am and sunset was 22.28, giving us 18.5 hours...

It's been a bit of a blustery day today.  This is taken from a bedroom window at Sandside.  I love the long grass waving to the ...

I drew the blinds the other morning to see five wee boats in the bay. They had moored there overnight.  I saw some of the folk out walki...

A couple of weeks ago I headed up to the old quarry on Graemsay.  I was hunting for dragons...well ok dragon flies and damsel flies.  I d...

Still catching up with blog posts!  In Winter not a lot happens so not much to blog about and in summer, so much going on no time to blo...

The "main road" that runs past the house and around the island.  The community hall "up the road", Hoy hills in the b...