Summary I wrote a whole post this morning and then WordPress chewed it up and spat it out and now I do not have time to do it all again. This will be brief. Not up to much today Been busy today doing practical things and preparing for our trip away later this month. Not …
Category archives: Wild Island
30 Days Wild: Day 2
Summary Did I mention that Summer is late in arriving this year? It feels so very cold this morning – the apparent temperature at midday was less than one degree Celsius – and it is raining too. Today’s activities require the use of a pair of rubber gloves. Whatever can I be up to! A …
30 Days Wild: Day 1
Summary Today’s Wild Act I am still wondering what I can do for 30 Days Wild this year. Summer has yet to arrive here in Orkney and it is difficult some days to find the will to be out and about. With our lives in a state of upheaval it is also difficult to find …
The Eyeballs in the Sky
Tea was over, the tide was out, the sun was up, the wind was down. Hey-ho, wellies on! Put in some practice for 30 Days Wild when I spotted this wee fellah. This is of course A Perishers reference if you are wondering what on earth I am blethering on about. Not sure how I’ll …
An absence
Wet and windy this morning and conducive to nothing other than a dreadfully-bad-for-us fried Brunch. Later the rain stopped and the wind dropped a little so we started readying the van for its next trip. That lasted until I became distinctly bored with the task. After a stiffening jolt of caffeine we got the car …
A change is as good as a rest
After what seems an age we have today a change in the weather. The sun is shining! The wind has died down and it is not currently hailing or snowing. We took Nell for a run on the beach at Backaskaill. Mr L said the the forecast was not great and that we needed to …