
The Great Chicken Disaster of 1952
There’s a reason chickens are mostly kept inside in Westray. It’s because of the great chicken disaster of 1952. On 15 January …
There’s a reason chickens are mostly kept inside in Westray. It’s because of the great chicken disaster of 1952. On 15 January …
I love a breezy day on Westray. The waves fascinate me. Watching them roll and seeing a small tunnel appear within them, …
I’m out taking photographs of the female Grey Phalarope. Yes, this one: I did come here to take photographs of Dunlin, which …
10 ways you know you’re in Orkney Orkney is a very special place. What makes it so special? Here are ten ways …
The Bay of Tafts is not quite, but almost, my nearest beach. It’s a five minute cycle ride away, although the time …
I love walking the west coast of Westray. On a beautiful day there’s no place like it. I’ve been enjoying getting to …
I look out of the window and I know something seriously weird is happening. It looks like the end of the world …
The clouds are like the insides of shells today. There’s a beautiful mother of pearl effect on the edges of the high …
I’ve seen some spectacular rainbows on Westray. Some have been fleeting. Some have been intense. Some have been full arcs which split …
My adventures on the fifth of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
My adventures on the four-and-a-half-th of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
My adventures on the fourth of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
My adventures on the third of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
My adventures on the second of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
My adventures on the first of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
At the north end of Westray the Atlantic is unrestrained and waves crash into the coast making blowholes, sea caves and spectacular …
The Mill at Rapness is falling down. I’d love to help save it. Red Campion grows around it: Red Champion And Sea …
Nothing can fully prepare you for coming to Orkney for the first time but I’m going to try. You probably already know …
It’s only a small climb to the top of the field at Einar, but the view is so rewarding at this time …
In Orkney, when it’s damper inside than it is out you have a problem.
The wall at the top of Einar looks beautiful in this light.
Winter days on Westray are very much like the short flight between Westray and Papa Westray. The flight is the shortest scheduled …
Walking down to Grobust beach from the tiny car park I’m suddenly aware of how dramatic the sky has become. There’s such …
Friends and relatives often ask me whether Westray is a good place to visit and my answer is always very clear. “No,” I say. “I wouldn’t recommend it.” Here then are my top ten reasons why you should never visit Westray.
It’s a beautiful blue sky; so blue we are tempted up to Noup Head along the rutted track and past the farm …
There’s a fluorescent green ring encircling the Earth tonight made by charged particles from a solar wind. As if the milky way …