The Cod Hunters tells the story of the Shetlanders who fished for cod around the north Atlantic in...
Category - Stories from the Islands
Seal song
Every morning when I get up early and look out at the sea from the upstairs window, I see more than...
A day in the life of an Orkney Yole
In Stromness, where I grew up, the yole was used for fishing and for pleasure trips but in my...
Ball lightning
The Hessdalen phenomenon of hovering and flashing balls of light is fascinating, especially as...
Fishing in Graemsay: Lythes, sillocks and cuithes
Through the 20th century the only commercial fishery in Graemsay was lobster, along with the...
Fishing in Graemsay: Mackerel lines and lobster creels
The mackerel is a migratory fish that appears round Graemsay waters in July and August. It was only...
The Orkney Yole
Till well into the 1960s the yole played a major part in the lives and livelihood of most Orcadians...
The luxury of simplicity
There were no additives in the food eaten in the island at the turn of the century. Many families...
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...