There were no additives in the food eaten in the island at the turn of the century. Many families...
Category - Stories from the Islands
The monster from Scapa Flow
(A strange sea creature was washed up on the shore at Holm in wartime Orkney. The story was covered...
A time to spin
We have had someone staying with us for a fortnight, who wanted to learn to spin, so the spinning...
Trying out sea buckthorn in North Ronaldsay
Description Sea Buckthorn is a deciduous fruit-bearing shrub which can grow up to 10 metres high in...
Merry dancers in the North Ronaldsay sky
The merry dancers were swaying across the sky last night, to their own esoteric music, pale diffuse...
Sleepwalk among the planets
In late November on Papa Westray, I set my alarm for before dawn - 6.30am - on a morning when I...
North Ron Walrus
I didn’t expect to see a Walrus this Sunday morning (!) but nonetheless, this Walrus was...