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Saturday, 26 June 2010 13:27 |
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 We went to a concert yesterday, it was held at Noltland Castle in the large room which used to be the kitchens at the bottom of the castle.
It was chant music and choir chant it was quite different, I have to be honest it was not really my cup of tea but it made change. But the island turned out in great number so they were well supported. The only thing was it was colder in the "dungeons" than it was outside, so I got so cold it took me quite a while to thaw out.
Today I've been pricking out lettuce, and planting out cuttings.Oh and I had enough raspberries to make more jam! Phill cut the grass out the back, it does looks so good when its done, trouble is by the time you've cut the back and the front the backs ready to be cut again. |
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Flybe Offer Discount Flights to Orkney |
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Friday, 25 June 2010 14:12 |
FLYBE has launched a 72-hour summer seat sale today, offering travellers 25% off all fares on flights to and from Orkney.
The offer is available to passengers booking before midnight on Sunday and is valid on every Flybe flight operated by Loganair to and from Kirkwall.
This limited time offer is open to those booking online at www.flybe.com |
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Jam |
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 12:40 |
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After doing the normal household chores yesterday I went into my garden room to check the raspberries, and finding enough to make a couple of pots of jam I set straight too making this years first batch.
Phill and I both have a passion for homemade raspberry jam, nothing beats it.
We don't get tons of raspberries off our canes so I usually make jam with them, it goes further this way rather than just having a bowl of them.
Nothing cheers you up more on a dark winters day than toasted brown bread spread with a good layer of your own summery raspberry jam mmm, yum yum! |
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Continental Market |
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 14:09 |
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Last week an Continental Market came to Kirkwall for five days, we went in on the boat on Saturday to have a look. I must admit I was a lttle dissappointed, I had been looking forward to it and probabably imagined it to be bigger and better and more yummy things to buy. In reality there were only two stalls that appealled to me, well three if you include the german sausage van ( in reality just hot dogs with a big price tag) I bought three rye loaves and two rustic loaves one baguette and a bun, nineteen pounds! so had better really enjoy them oh, and the birds won't even get a crumb at that price. We also got time to look at the new tempoary Tesco store, should have known better being Saturday it was busy, and being all new I couldn't find anything was getting a little frustrated by the end. It's times like this that I wish I had a time machine or some sort of instant transporter to get me back home instead of a ninety minute ferry crossing, hey ho thats the price for being able to live in such a wonderful place. |
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Inter-Isles Sports, Planting and Cats... |
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Wednesday, 16 June 2010 12:50 |
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Just put some bread dough to rise so thought I'd catch up with my blogging. Today is inter-isles sports day, and this year its being held here in Westray. The morn started off a bit overcast but the sun has won through in the end, and its turned into a bonny day for it.
Inter-isle sports day is pretty serious in Orkney with many businesses giving employees time off to represent their island and Orkney Ferry timetables adjusted to cater for the associated travel requirements of competitors and supporters.
Me, I've been planting up lettuce, sweet peppers and cucumbers again as the first lot have not done anything. Oh and I also planted up some cat grass for Buffy (one of my cats).
I think he must have been a sheep in his former life as he just sits and grazes his grass till its nearly all gone, and it doesn't make him poorly he can't get enough of it.
Fudge on the other hand doesn't like it, but has a go anyway 'cos if Buffy's eating it it must be good! but no it makes Fudge sick.
They are both out catching themselves some sun in their private garden, they are inside cats not allowed out on their own so Hubby and Son made a lovely big enclosure for them. It means they can go out and be quite safe.
The only thing is they must be very daft cats as they still haven't got the hang of the cat door yet, if its not pegged open they just sit waiting till someone opens it for them. |
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