Keeping upright has been this weeks challenge. A major storm mid-week posed a major challenge for Orkney folk as we all strapped down our trampolines, shed roofs, dogs etc. Schools had to close, roads were flooded and a high sided lorry blew over in the relentless wind. Driving in it is no fun at all … More My Week In Pictures
It was cold enough to freeze your face into an expressionless mask that won’t move. Nature’s botox.
A few weeks into it I asked Orkney Beef if he thought I’d lost weight. He looked terrified as if he was about to tread on a landmine and blow himself to pieces. … More My Week In Pictures
It’s funny, sometimes we don’t appreciate what is right under our nose. I’ve been in Orkney 9 years yet have never taken the trip to the top of St. Magnus Cathedral. I’ve driven past it thousands of times and been in the cathedral for many events, but taking the spiral staircase to the top has … More St Magnus Cathedral, The View From The Top (and half way up)
And of course the party goers reached the stage where they all prop each other up, sing with arms swaying and love every body. … More My Week in Pictures
The clocks changed last Sunday and in true British style we all a) Seemed surprised that it’s light in the mornings and b) Seemed surprised that it’s so dark at night. The dark finish from work was made a little more cheery by the St Magnus Cathedral being lit up beautifully. Every cloud and all that…. … More My Week in Pictures
Last week I started with rainbows but this Monday was quite the opposite. Storm Ophelia was well on the rampage around the rest of the country and Orkney managed to miss the worst of it. However, on leaving work at 5pm the sky was black. Thunder was rumbling as the sky was full of crows, … More My Week In Pictures
Any Monday morning that starts with a rainbow means it has to be a great week ahead surely? Well it is by my reckoning. I’ve always loved rainbows and whenever I see them I alway’s think it’s God’s way of saying all will be well. (Like the time I recently had to take a boat ride in … More My Week in Pictures
I squeezed in a couple of hours at a birthday party last night where we had indoor sparklers until they were confiscated because they smelled funny. Oh well, I will just have to sparkle on without them. … More My Week in Pictures
If you look up Drama Queen in the dictionary you’ll find my name there. But only under the subsection of ‘person most likely to make a fuss if there’s any chance she might be sick on a boat’ I’ve mentioned before that I have quite a severe sickness phobia. It’s called ‘Emetophobia’ meaning fear of … More Confessions of a Sea Sick Drama Queen (and a long suffering husband)
Norq From Ork 