Life on (nearly) a Small Island

  The weather over the last couple of weeks can best be described as "changeable".  Regular British weather then!  I'm trying ...

  In Orkney it is called "lambing snow" - just as the lambs are due the weather seems to turn foul.  And this weekend we have gale...

  Along the waterfront I love the Stromness waterfront.  Many of the old houses are built on piers, and have slipways tinto the water.  This...

  So about 3 weeks ago we had an interruption to our mains water supply on the island.  Bottled water was shipped over, and then a large bow...

  The scale of the cloud is only fully appreciated when you look at the farm buildings at the base!   Low cloud drifting over the hoy hills....