The souvenir, like the holiday, is now all gone. Both the chocolates and the break were first class. We arrived home yesterday morning, tired but relaxed. Mr L went straight to his desk and logged on for work and I spent my day emptying the van… and selecting holiday snaps for backblipping. I ran out …
Project Tag archives:
Loch of Harray Sunrise
We parked up at the Ring of Brodgar car park the night before our ferry to Scotland and again last night to wait up for this morning’s ferry home. We were treated to a nice sunrise on both mornings but they looked very different from each other. This is how it looked at just after …
Backblip – Wednesday – Another day, another remark
Another day, another remarkable beach… or two or three. It’s going to take a while to get all that sand out of my shoes. I fancy that wee cottage. This was our penultimate beach, at Strathy. We managed to fit in Sandside after this one before heading off to the ferry queue
Backblip – Tuesday, The Unknown
Making our way home slowly from Cape Wrath, we called in at Borgie Glen to visit The Unknown. It was Nell’s first forest and she loved it. Suzie, despite her 8 year sojourn in Orkney, remembered forests very well indeed and was beside herself with joy and excitement. We all had such a jolly time …
Backblip – Monday at Smoo Cave
Oh dear, it was difficult to decide between another stunning beach or this one of Smoo. Smoo won, just because I love to say: SMOOOOOO! I have seen many takes on this shot and was uncertain how to treat it (shot in RAW) I’d like to invite critique and suggestions for improvement.
Backblip – Sunday at Farr Bay
We arrived at our overnight stop ‘twixt the Farr Bay Inn and the Strathnaver Museum by late afternoon. The Tourist Information Office and Bettyhill cafe were closed, so was the museum. Happily, the inn furnished us with liquid and nutritional comforts – but not until after we and the dogs had fully explored the magnificent …
Harnessed
Yes. I should not be here. [url=http://www.twosnails.uk/index.php?/blogs/2014/09/misadventures/]We had a misadventure with Brunhilde last evening[/url] and failed to make the ferry. As with most trials, it sort of turned out for the best – we missed a wild night (weatherwise) parked at the Ring of Brodgar and slept instead in our own comfortable bed. Also, it …
Derelict Thursday – abandoned wheel
I had planned to go further afield this morning and capture one of the many interesting ruinous buildings that we have on the island. The Weather Gods had different ideas and literally poured cold water on my plans and by the time thay they had become bored with that game, my interest had been diverted …
B98
Brunhilde’s new fanbelt required a test drive so we popped the dogs in and set off to Lopness this afternoon. We collected a snack lunch from the community shop, which we ate when we parked up. The dogs had their run and then we brewed a cup of coffee before coming home. Never thought I’d …
A Good Drying Day
I’m making the most of the weather whilst it lasts and getting some washing out to dry. On the face of it, it’s a great drying day today but… One of the problems that we have up here is [i]keeping[/i] the washing on the line – it can be challenging. I had 12 pegs in …