tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5675024222225507882024-03-13T14:19:02.335+01:00Life At The Stronsay HotelA CONTINUING JOURNEY.Chris and Debbie,http://www.blogger.com/profile/09212114404566880478noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567502422222550788.post-3731592944652056372014-06-12T00:03:00.002+02:002014-06-12T00:03:48.906+02:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Until next time...........................</span><br />
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.Chris and Debbie,http://www.blogger.com/profile/09212114404566880478noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567502422222550788.post-64548433089195314472014-06-04T00:54:00.002+02:002014-06-04T00:54:11.222+02:00<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>And She Flies Like a Bird in the Sky.........</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Summer is allegedly upon us and the ferry service is running Sunday excursions to the other isles that surround us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This trip found us rounding the lighthouse at Start Point on Sanday and heading off to the isle of North Ronaldsay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Any further north and you apparently fall off the edge, Here there be dragons and all that sort of stuff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first thing you notice is that there is no RORO (Roll on roll off) facility here and things are done the old way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our poor old van didn't know what hit it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Going down......</span><br />
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<br />Chris and Debbie,http://www.blogger.com/profile/09212114404566880478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567502422222550788.post-73260421070780334572014-04-29T15:43:00.001+02:002014-04-29T15:43:54.929+02:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have been trying to take a day off each week on Monday over the winter period, this invariably means that Mondays are either wet, cold, windy or a combination of all three.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A trip to Kirkwall had already been planned as we have some guests arriving mid week who have asked for some crates of "Orkney Ales", (Just to try them of course).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Camera in hand off we set for the bright lights of the town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Seats were supplied along with a nice cup of coffee, this is the way to watch the islands pass by at around twelve knots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The almost oily calmness of the water has been quite a rare thing so far this spring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It felt like cruising in/on the Med, warm sunshine and flat blue seas.......bliss.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There have been winds and high tides here on Stronsay since my last Blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is the "Fishmart" taking a bit of a battering. in some ways it is good that building is there as it acts as our own personal breakwater, in other ways not so good as you can imagine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The ferry decided against trying to get here on this particular day, can't for the life of me think why.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Spring has been arriving though, as have a lot of Lambs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These ones are sporting the latest in designer outdoor wear from Pac-a Mac.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> It certainly is a great little sun trap out there............all we need now is some sun!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Moon will be turning red tonight..............They said!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is a full eclipse........... They said!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh no it didn't and Oh no it's not I said, after taking this shot at just gone 1am.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Apparently you could see it turn red if you live in America.....They said......the next day!!</span><br />
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.Chris and Debbie,http://www.blogger.com/profile/09212114404566880478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567502422222550788.post-54660402393938126202014-03-21T01:31:00.000+01:002014-03-21T01:31:09.910+01:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think these are the first ones out in the fields so far this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On a different tack, I know this looks like something that should be floating in a swimming pool or the nose cone of a Thunderbird, but it is actually a Bona Fide navigation buoy and if you look closely you can see the ferry passing by in the reflection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of our neighbouring isles was well under the weather today.</span><br />
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.Chris and Debbie,http://www.blogger.com/profile/09212114404566880478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567502422222550788.post-46267865980596528122014-03-09T16:50:00.005+01:002014-03-09T16:50:56.626+01:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We thought we should knock a big hole in the wall of the bar and fit a door leading into the garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Simple enough you might think, welllll..............No!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Trying to find a builder who wasn't too busy shaking his head, sucking air in through his teeth and scratching various parts of his anatomy proved difficult.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I should have known better though, the chosen one used to be called Avum & Leggitt, then Bodgit & Scarper and now C, Owboy & Co.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Director: Mr L, Ranger,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Postcode Hi HoAG.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They arrived with no dust sheets, no stone chips (They used the chips from our garden) no sand (They used what was in our sandbags!!) Two of the smallest bags of cement you have ever seen (They had to build two steps with that) no wood trim etc etc, In fact it's a wonder they actually remembered to get themselves over here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On a happier note.........We have bought a boat.......again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once this little beauty has had a bit of TLC we will be afloat once more....Can't wait.</span><br />
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.Chris and Debbie,http://www.blogger.com/profile/09212114404566880478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567502422222550788.post-89850900833032563592014-02-11T17:09:00.001+01:002014-02-11T17:09:15.938+01:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The No 4 navigation buoy marking the route into Stronsay harbour broke adrift in the recent high winds, the winds and lack of buoy turned into lack of ferries for a few days.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This in turn caused a lack of supplies in the shops, milk was the first casualty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Beer was never threatened though!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The above barge battled it's way out here and replaced the buoy ahead of the ferry which had already left Kirkwall at the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Good timing............ albeit a little tight! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">so have the Oyster Catchers, but normality is slowly being resumed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Is that a face looking out from the clouds at the Monks island?</span><br />
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.Chris and Debbie,http://www.blogger.com/profile/09212114404566880478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567502422222550788.post-86479578140467780502014-02-02T17:01:00.002+01:002014-02-02T19:27:24.823+01:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The wind dictated whether you went to work or whether you could move on and it always seemed to be against you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here, on the other hand, it's not bothering me at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Many of the islanders are saying that this is the worst they have ever seen in terms of continuous wind and they are getting fed up with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I (being a newbie here) am thoroughly enjoying it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These houses -and Hotel- are built to take the weather up here and give you a feeling of security.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Many nights when the shift has ended we have been chatting in the kitchen in warm silence, then opening the door to leave we have met the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse passing through the garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Close the door, quietness, open the door, Horsemen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Where's my coat?</span><br />
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.Chris and Debbie,http://www.blogger.com/profile/09212114404566880478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567502422222550788.post-61078125965345163282014-01-26T16:29:00.002+01:002014-01-26T16:29:37.554+01:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The wind that has been battering the island for some time now abated for a while yesterday............ and the sun came out!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A quick hike across a swamp brought us to the "Ness" on the North East corner and a good chance for some piccies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today, on the other hand, has the island being battered by another strong gale with no chance of a snap............ or a ferry.</span><br />
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.Chris and Debbie,http://www.blogger.com/profile/09212114404566880478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567502422222550788.post-20805711238569561312014-01-14T14:59:00.001+01:002014-01-14T14:59:44.317+01:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A fine day today as we did our "Round" of the island.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The three new turbines helping to power the water pumping station do look a bit of a blot on the landscape here. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can't help thinking that if they were green you would hardly notice them, someone might pick up on that one day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A random shot of the sun drenched fields.............. alongside the water drenched track. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is winter after all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is one of the three experimental ones that were placed on the island many moons ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Given the size of them that will be no mean feat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This one is the "Community Turbine", this generates electricity for the grid and cash for the island.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This cash can then be applied for as a grant for projects that will benefit the community. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some say they are monstrosities, but......given the right light.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Although there was very little wind, a fair old swell was still chewing on the North East corner of Papa Stronsay.</span><br />
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<br />Chris and Debbie,http://www.blogger.com/profile/09212114404566880478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567502422222550788.post-81110763921927326232014-01-07T00:51:00.001+01:002014-01-07T00:51:28.147+01:00<br />
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.Chris and Debbie,http://www.blogger.com/profile/09212114404566880478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567502422222550788.post-27722038313951218132014-01-02T00:06:00.000+01:002014-01-02T00:06:02.734+01:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They were a good mile or more away from the camera but the strange thing is that those turbines are on the neighbouring island of Sandy, not on the other side of that hill, they have got to be at least three miles away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not too much in the way of sea defence along this bit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We hosted the local school's staff Christmas dinner the other day, which seemed to go down well as there was nothing left for my supper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have been here for a whole year today, a year in the blink of an eye, it just doesn't seem possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A celebratory party is organised for this Saturday which will include the "Santa Float" bringing Santa to the hotel for the kiddies (Young and old) followed by a Christmas Disco and buffet.</span><br />
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.Chris and Debbie,http://www.blogger.com/profile/09212114404566880478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567502422222550788.post-47844583866398425012013-12-12T17:03:00.001+01:002013-12-12T17:03:17.923+01:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The sky has been alight here in the early afternoons recently.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This twisted piece of metal is all that remains of a once proud wind turbine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This, apparently, was one of the earlier models to have been put up on the island,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It had stood for a good few years and survived numerous severe gales, but the newness has obviously worn off and this one took it to the floor.</span><br />
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.Chris and Debbie,http://www.blogger.com/profile/09212114404566880478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567502422222550788.post-39729100949699332582013-12-06T15:37:00.003+01:002013-12-06T15:37:46.557+01:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The road is quite deep in this one......to say the least!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This morning the wind had eased a bit, but in came a touch of snow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They might be hardy but they don't look happy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even the neighbouring Isle of Eday looks a bit dramatic today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Until next time............... </span><br />
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.Chris and Debbie,http://www.blogger.com/profile/09212114404566880478noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567502422222550788.post-54194087121719614072013-11-30T13:16:00.000+01:002013-11-30T13:16:00.837+01:00<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i>Still Here.....</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Its a work of art!.................or maybe not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was a fine late afternoon return from Kirkwall, you can keep your trains and buses, <u>this</u> is the way to go shopping!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It looks like all you need here is a very large match.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This caught us out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At first glace it looks like wavelets on water but it is in fact millions of spiders webs,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">meaning that there must be millions of spiders in there.......ooooerrrr.</span><br />
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.Chris and Debbie,http://www.blogger.com/profile/09212114404566880478noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567502422222550788.post-60783695434485126762013-10-08T23:01:00.002+02:002013-10-08T23:01:37.399+02:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The season has come to an end now and a bit more time is available to us once more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Traipsing off around the island we found a few seals waiting for their photo shoot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's me again,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">make sure you get my best side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All this is just sooooo very tiring darling....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The thing is, this bird dwarfed the Gannets that were working out there at the same time, and a Gannet is a big bird!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So... it is over to those of you who are trained in the ways of all things birdlike to please tell me what you think it is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But.... all was well in the end as the "Alpha Dixies" launched into a night of music and song.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A much slower and relaxed atmosphere was abound as everyone wound down during the evening. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The sisters were really encouraging to the local youngsters with their playing, offering advice and tips as they went along.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's old, very old, It's the only one around and it's in the middle of nowhere on top of a cliff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is a RORO (Roll on one end... roll off the other) type of ship.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This lorry back houses a huge generator that fed the whole island with electricity for a couple of days.<br />All the isles here are fed by an interconnected under sea power cable which failed at 4am one morning, incredibly, by 9pm we were all powered up again.<br />The emergency response team had the task of getting four of these from the top of Scotland and out to the islands, that's a long road trip and two separate ferry journeys but they did it!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />Hats off to them......</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />The fault was first thought to have been caused by a cruise liner snagging the cable with it's anchor, but luckily, this was not the case. It turned out to be a land based fault that was quickly fixed and we are all back on the mains again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The "Stronsay Fest" the programme says it all! Should be a good weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A catastrophic computer crash has kept me away from the Blogging this time, I have managed to get it up and running again but.....and this is a big but, I have lost everything on the hard drive. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Years of photo's etc etc......</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Didn't you back it up? says D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's D wandering onto the Kirkwall lifeboat, it came to town the other day for the annual fundraiser held on the island.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This involved sale tables, large raffle and a dinner held in the hall.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The mountains of home cooked food were soon demolished and a very healthy sum was raised. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After a tour of the bridge we got down to the meat and potatoes of the boat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The engineer was watching me with a wry grin as I was looking at the deck heads and hull sides and then back to the engines before I asked him,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This means that if you look at the previous picture most of the orange bit can be removed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Midnight at the oasis, send your Camel to bed........Ow!..I'm still not allowed to sing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">At the risk of boring everyone to death with waffle....... let your eye follow the line of the hull from the bow down to the stern area, this is an old traditionally built Scottish boat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It has style it has flair and it has curves. (Bear with me, I am going somewhere with this)..... the top of the wheelhouse is almost the same height as the top of the bow keeping it well out of the way of crashing waves etc etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Anyway, back to the island.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It's all wet and verdant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The rain today is of the fine type that gets you very wet very quickly, (Wimbledon is with us once again) It is also very thick, so thick in fact that pilots cannot see through it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We have a guest who came over on the ferry last night for a meeting and was due to fly away this morning, no points for guessing what happened next.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The family room was made available (comfy chairs, telly etc) until the ferry arrives this evening and all is well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Look.........we have a tree!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A bit of a rarity up here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Until next time..................</span><br />
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