September 2013 (9)

Monday, September 30 2013

Overwhelming

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Overwhelming is the best word I can think of to describe the Italian Chapel on the island of Lambholm, Orkney.This Chapel is located alongside the Churchill Barrier which links Mainland to Lambholm and viewed from the outside looks nothing like your traditional Chapel:From this angle only the bell  […]

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Sunday, September 29 2013

Highland Park

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If you go to Orkney, one of the "must do's" is the tour of one of the two distilleries on the Mainland.  There is Scapa Distillery which you can't miss if you walk along Scapa Beach as it sits at one end of the beach, but which is not open to the public for tours: and Highland Park  […]

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Friday, September 27 2013

Quite a day!

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It has been a wonderful day in Kirkwall today.  I dropped Stevan off early at the college in Kirkwall to get official photographs taken and to get togged up in his gown for the graduation ceremony.  He was well looked after, particularly by the Centre for Nordic Studies where he was treated to a  […]

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Tuesday, September 24 2013

New Friends

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We are staying in a delightful cottage called The Slap.  Once the weather brightens I'll try and get some photographs of this beautifully renovated cottage.However, we have new neighbours for the week, and we're slowly getting to make friends with them: My favourites have to be the pygmy goats:I  […]

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Saturday, September 21 2013

Officially On Holiday

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Bright and early this morning we were to be found packing Mungo with all we needed for a week in Orkney.  Peggy was determined not to be left behind:Soon we found ourselves on the east coast of Caithness, driving through very different landscapes compared to Assynt - very much more lush:We managed  […]

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Friday, September 20 2013

An event, just a smidgeon over 21 years ago

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[caption id="attachment_6800" align="aligncenter" width="419"] My family at my christening[/caption] 

Saturday, September 14 2013

Tanera Mor Retreat 2013

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[caption id="attachment_6784" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Picture courtesy Summer Isles Enterprises[/caption]Last Saturday found me on my way to the tiny Badentarbet Pier near Achiltibuie to load up the good ship Patricia with myself and lots of yarn.  The Tanera  […]

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Thursday, September 5 2013

Off on retreat

The Patricia arrives with retreaters

How fast the year has flown by!  This time last year I was about to set off to the small island of Tanera Mor for the first Ripples Crafts / Summer Isles fibre retreat.  And on Saturday I will be heading off on the Patricia on the short crossing to the island again, to be joined but 10 other  […]

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Tuesday, September 3 2013

It is the relatively small things

Finnian, the Fridge

When we first became the proud owners of our home in the Highlands, we bought it knowing full well that it was not on the electricity grid.  To be honest, it was part of the attraction.  We looked at the cost of getting it connected to the mains, but even back then (1997) we were looking at a  […]

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