Keen as

I’ve been meaning to blip these for a few weeks now. I love using mustard in my cooking and tend to measure it in tablespoons, so the standard tiny supermarket jars frustrate me. I recalled that when I was cooking for a living, I had a huge jar of Pommery grain mustard on the pantry …

These Shoes are made for Walkin’

A promotional email arrived just before we left for our break in Brunhilde – walking footwear at 50% discount. A pity they could not have been here in time for our departure, I could have put these to good use in Borgie Glen. The parcel was here when we arrived home. I have these new …

All gone

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 …

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 …