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Some February frolics

It's the middle of the night, the wee small hours, and I am awake. For some reason, sleep eludes me, so I have got up and gone through to the lounge to try and do something remotely useful to pass the time until slumber returns. I fire up my computer and try to add photos and videos to a proto-post about the last few weeks since I last blogged. Blogger itself has other ideas and manages to load the photos in reverse order, a skill it intermittently exhibits which baffles and maddens me in equal measure. The bare bones of it is that there has been a trip south. Megan and I stayed in a hotel in the Inverness area for a few days before I headed even further south to visit family whilst she caught up with friends and much more wildlife than I was ever going to see. We reunited for another weekend in Inverness, took in a show at the Eden Court Theatre and then returned to Orkney. Whilst I did improve the running total of my year list, I am no nearer to catching up with Megan and may eve...

February finishing photos

To end February, a walk to Binscarth Wood alongside the Loch of Wasdale. Through the wood, clouds of Snowdrops scud Bridging burns or burning bridges? The classic Raven silhouette Loch broch and Wasdale Whoopers   The following evening, the sun cast a golden glow across Houton Bay. Across Houton Bay, the sun disappears behind Hoy