Time for some trumpet blowing, I'm afraid. Remember I put in some images for this years third Monthly competition at the Orkney Camera Club? I came home from our trip to the big island to find that the results had been published - and I was quite literally lost for words, which is why I …
There is a tiger in my fridge
What have I been doing for the past nine days, you may well ask. Last Wednesday we took off after work and loaded Brunhilde on to the evening ferry for Kirkwall. It was a fairly late sailing, going via Stronsay, meaning that had we been on time we would land at 8 pm. We were …
A new cycle
The post today brought my annual allocation of free ferry tickets. I immediately began to think "Let's go to Shetland!" Of course, they are not effective until April 1st, so we shan't be heading North any time soon. Also delivered today was my new rolling pin. It is not as posh as my last one, …
Somebody pop the kettle on
It has been a funny old day, and a busy one. Mr L roused me from my slumbers this morning with the news that Brunhilde was booked on the ferry. He also mentioned that the support call for our Broadband fault had been updated to reflect the fact that there had been no update. It …
Already?
Our Broadband was still crippled this morning. It does seem to be affecting only a few people on the island but we are surprised all the same that it had not yet been logged. Mr L was back at work this morning and so he called his Help Desk. They ran some line tests and …
(not all) Beer and Skittles
It has been a quiet week, with nothing at all to report. Our Broadband connection remains very iffy - some things work fine, some work intermittently and others not at all. Mr L will brave the Help Desk at work on Monday but we shall not be holding our breath in hope of a fast recovery. …