Roadmire
Running past I see that Roadmire is for sale. It looks amazing in this weather, especially overlooking the Bay of Tuquoy. Roadmire …
Running past I see that Roadmire is for sale. It looks amazing in this weather, especially overlooking the Bay of Tuquoy. Roadmire …
All Limpets start life as neuters and develop into males at about a year old. When they get to between 4 to …
There’s a Raven perched at the back of Einar. By the time I get my camera it is already in flight. I …
Bones picked clean, floats, driftwood branches and strange objects all collected in a box; I love beachcombing.
Wednesday night is fish and chips night at Jacks Chippy at Pierowall Fish. That’s a source of great excitement to me. I’ve …
There’s a juvenile Sanderling on the rocks. It pitter-patters busily among the seaweed. Suddenly I realise there are a flock of them …
Cars are a danger to wildlife. On the road back from Pierowall there is a Hedgehog corpse. Forty years ago I spotted …
Beadlet Anemones are vicious territorial monsters. There are both male and female anemones and each of them can become pregnant on their …
I love the Westray Industrial Show with a strange and rather bizarre passion. There’s something deeply appealing about the vegetable competition, the …
On a clear day in Westray you can see the Mainland. No, not the mainland of Scotland, but Orkney Mainland.
It takes a lot of courage or stupidity (at least what counts as that in the so called First World) to put …
What’s the quickest way of dispersing a crowd? Take a collection! I’m getting my cap and my running shoes out to raise …
Tonight we chased the sunset over Westray. First there was a walk along the Bay of Tafts. Then a view of high …
The view from the top of St Magnus Cathedral tells me otherwise.
Every visit to Westray brings the same anticipation for me; which flavour of Yeo Valley yoghurt will the shop have to the exclusion of all others?
Thanks to the Orkney Seal Rescue Centre I now know how to tell the difference between the two species of seal based …
In the past, the mice at Einar have eaten my air bed, my slippers, my rubber gloves, bicycle inner tubes and even a roll of draught excluder. They have eaten ear defenders, knee protectors, sleeping bags and walking boots. Every time I arrive I wonder what will have been chewed this time.
Common Seals are wonderful and wild animals. This one at Broughton is yawning and showing its teeth perfectly; three front teeth, one …
A lot has happened in the last 360 years; when this grave was carved in 1656, Oliver Cromwell was still Lord Protector …
Saint Stephen was a Greek man called Stephanos. He was found guilty of teaching against the Temple in Jerusalem and was stoned …
The seals at Broughton on Westray are curious.
We have time to visit the Orkney Seal Rescue centre in South Ronaldsay thanks to Ross. He shows us the only current …
It appears that Westray Wildlife will be continuing their two-for-one offers for the remainder of the month. :)
In Orkney I’m constantly delighted by how literal everyone is. Maybe it’s the Northerner in me to which it appeals. I loved …
St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall is a masterpiece of stone carving. There are numerous decorative flourishes including this gargoyle. I know it’s …
It’s the afternoon and the seals are out in force at Broughton on Westray. From all appearances they seem to have had dinner; at least that’s what I look like after I’ve had mine.