So it seems I’ve reached that stage in life where your secrets are perfectly safe with me simply because I will forget whatever you told me within seconds of you saying it. Based on my packing to come away this weekend you would think that anyway. I’ll start at the beginning. Every year a group … More Sorry, what was I saying?
*Note to self, always check if others are doing swanky fancy cakes before entering baking competitions.
However, on the blindfold taste test, I won and have made it several times since telling everyone it’s my prizewinning cake. … More Blackberry and buttermilk sponge
A few years ago my parents moved into their new home in Orkney having relocated a few months after I did. They had been living in rented accommodation for a while and finally made it to their new house. A friend from South had wanted to send them a card to welcome them to their new … More Only in Orkney
This week I spent an almost three hour session in the Apple store. Brilliant staff helped set me up with some new products I had bought with a business grant I’d been awarded through Business Gateway. A few weeks ago I wrote a business plan and submitted it with my application and when I had the … More My Week in Pictures
Never again That’s what I said last time we took the overnight boat and there were no cabins left and ended up having to ‘sleep’ sitting up in a chair. However, for reasons too long and complicated to write we ended up on the overnight boat again last night and once again, in spite of … More Travel tales
I managed a quick get away to one of the north isles, Westray this weekend as I was singing in a concert. Not that I need an excuse to go as it really is one of the most special places on earth. It’s often called The Queen of the Isles and thanks to a smart phone … More Westray, The Queen of the Isles
‘He can find the fridge so won’t starve provided he can complete stage two which is opening the fridge and moving things around until the food item ends up in his hand, … More Leaving them home alone
If Facebook was real life I’d over hear two people I vaguely know talking, and if it made me laugh I would walk up to them, stick my thumb up and say ‘I like this’ I’d walk into shops and shout I LIKE YOUR STUFF then tell other people I like their stuff in the hopes of winning … More If Facebook was real life
I bought something in a size zero today. No really, it’s TRUE! I was standing in the shop and the lady definitely said ‘I think you need a size zero’ I smiled to myself. I’d never heard those words before and it was a pity no one was around to over hear it, but unfortunately … More Confessions of a struggling chocoholic.
There are not many wooded areas in Orkney but I was able to capture this pretty little place looking so lovely on Monday, especially as the bluebells were out. It’s called The Willows and has an adorable little stream running through (which Orcadians would call a burn) On such a sunny day the whole thing … More My week in pictures
Norq From Ork 