All you need are the palm trees.
No, seriously this is one of the beaches on Stronsay!
No that's not snow........ it's white sand.
This is.........wait for it..........the airport!!
Loganair run a scheduled service out from Kirkwall to here and other islands, but (and this is a big but for me) you have to fly in what can only be described as a car with wings.
Gung Ho! is the best description of these pilots as they will fly in anything up to 60MPH winds and if they miss the runway?......... the grass will do .....( I'm not joking)
Check in and baggage weighing is all acomplished in less than five minutes and you can do this as the plane is landing.
That certainly makes a mockery of the big airlines three to four hour pre flight check in times.
Island life is just going to be soooo good.
Lisa, thank you so very much for your comment.
I will try to source a map to put on here, but if you have Google Earth put in this postcode and it will take you straight to us. KW17 2AR.
Until next time...............
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Good old blogspot, stuck a message on yesterday and it has disappeared! Anyway, to re-cap. Couldn't you find anywhere further from Herne Bay? The only bar on the island? Sounds good. All the best of luck in the new venture, can you get there by narrow boat?
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We were looking at the Shetlands but the family had a bit of a mutiny so that went out of the window. I think the only way to get a narrow boat up here would be to ask James T Kirk if you could borrow his transporter.