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Alicen Geddes in her Gypsy caravan - alicen-geddes.co.uk

Telling stories

Photographs tell stories. They tell stories about objects and people and the relationships between them. Some photographs tell you their own story; …

Manuport

Manuport

It’s a new word for me. A manuport; Something brought by a human from one place to another. Something which shows conscious …

Kevin at Pierowall Fish

Pierowall Fish filleting

One of my earliest memories of coming to Westray was a trip to find the fishmonger to see what I could get …

A prickly subject

A prickly subject

The thistle is Scotland’s national symbol. Scottish independence is as prickly as one.

Yellow Flag Bog Iris

A Greek rainbow

The Yellow Flag Bog Irises have withstood the winter weather and the first ones are coming into full flower in Rapness. Iris …

Walking near Stanger Head

Three ways down

I’m walking on the cliffs at Stanger Head past the Castle o’ Burrian and climbing up a rock crack when two tourists …

On Westray I pray for a still day and then the midges appear and I give thanks for the blustery ones.

→ 14 June, 2015

Gill Pier from Sand o' Gill

Cycling in shell sand

Cycling in soft shell sand is always exhilarating and exhausting and is always a mistake; eventually. The sharp shell fragments will always …

Inside Lady Kirk

Inside Lady Kirk

Lady Kirk in Pierowall was built in 1674 on the foundations of a 13th-century church.

Water Horsetail

Water Horsetails at Roadmire

Roadmire is a great name for the boggy area leading to Letto Sands. These Palaeozoic horsetails flourish there undisturbed.

Lemon Curd

Flavour of the month

I’m in the market for some yoghurt. That means I’ve got to clear my mind of any preconceptions about the flavour I might want. What will the shops have for me this year?

Soft fruit

Yearning for soft fruit

Everytime I visit [[Westray]] I love the food. Whether it’s the fresh fish from Pierowall Fish or the unpasteurised cheese from Wilson’s …

Clinging to the edge

Clinging to the edge

On Gill Pier this tiny plant clings on to the edge. A little like this Island does.

Lady

Petting Lady

Lady loves to be petted. She loves carrots more though.

Lake Orcadie

Rocks from Lake Orcadie

I love the rocks on Orkney. The whole area of Greenland, Shetland, Orkney and down to the Moray Firth was once a …

Morwenna the Korat of Glenerne

Rain-Cloud Grey and Sea Foam

Morwenna is a beautiful Thai cat. She’s a Korat, described as “a silver-tipped blue that appears to shimmer”. The Thai people refer …

Lamb Chops

Lamb Chops

I stop my bike on the main road and see three lambs. They look delicious.

Broken Stones

Broken Stones

“Like pebbles on a beachKicked around, displaced by feetOh, like broken stonesThey’re all trying to get home” Paul Weller – Broken Stones

First Light

First Light

Dawn is at 3:57 this morning. In Rendalls, one of the shops in the village, I notice a small pile of CDs. …