On a quiet morning, with the older two children at school, I was sitting with my daughter and my youngest…
I spent some more time in the Kelp Store today and I spotted the ‘peedie boat’ coming back from a…
One of the hazards of living on Papay is a more than usual dependence on the weather. Two days ago,…
Yesterday was a lovely warm sunny day. Mum joined the family for a walk up to the RSPB North Hill…
The main ferry that connects Papay to Kirkwall on Orkney’s main island calls in just twice a week on Tuesdays…
ON the road down to the Old Quay just before the left hand bend, there’s a tool store which is…
It was Anjanette’s turn to go to town on the plane today. So I took the pooch for his morning…
Papay doesn’t have a pub in the usual sense of the word. One of the realities of very small communities…
It’s close to impossible to get lost on Papay. There’s one main road that begins at the New Quay where…
At around 11.30pm, Anjanette and I sat on the bench in the garden for a while, looking for the elusive…