All the Seasons

We've often been told that you can get all the seasons in one day on Orkney. Having been here a few months I can tell you that we often get all the seasons in one hour. The picture above was taken yesterday, Easter Sunday, at the Brough of Birsay - one of our favourite spots to simply sit and watch. We'd had heavy April showers and stunning rainbows in the morning but by mid afternoon sunshine bathed the land and the sea was a beautiful blue. The tide was out and families were scrambling over the sand and rocks, looking into rock pools and collecting shells. It was still chilly and we needed our fleeces and coats but the sunshine put a smile on our faces.

Last week, The Biker Man and myself had the place to ourselves. It was wild and the waves crashed over the rocks. The seabirds skimed over the top of the sea, playing on the updrafts. Dangerous but beautiful.

The Easter holiday brought out the families and the tourists and we barely managed to get a place to park.

Today I suspect we would have the place to ourselves. It is wild, windy and wet here today. Several degrees cooler and an overcast sky. I can still hear the curlews and oystercatchers calling to their mates as they nest in the pastures behind the house.

A perfect day to start a blog.