A little bit more

As Sian intimated in her comment to my previous post, Rousay is a beautiful island.  I'll let the following photographs do all the talking ...

The view from our walk

More Rousay flowers ... just like little cotton wool balls

This massive stone is in a field on a hill side looking out over the northern islands

Gods of the Earth   Gods of the Sea

Weathering is an accepted part of life in Orkney, but I think this little fisherman's shed had gone beyond repair

 

Rousay in July

I've been away from my blog for far too long!  Even though Orkney can have up to 18 hours of sunlight at midsummer, there still don't seem to be enough hours in the day.  The Biker Man and I love the life here.  The countryside and coast is accessible and the wildlife is stunning.  I'll do my best to give a flavour of some of the things we have done over the last couple of months.  It will take a few blog entries to catch up ....

Just a perfect day

We took a trip over to Rousay for the day.  The weather was perfect and we managed to get a long walk in.  Here are some of the pictures  ....

On the ferry and leaving Tingwall

Further out ...

Reaching Rousay

Rousay is one of the inner isles to the north of Orkney.  We often view it when walking on the beach at Evie.  It is a beautiful island and from the North you can look across the sea to Westray and Sanday.  We managed to get quite a few lovely photographs.  I won't post too many today, and will save them for my next blog, but here are just a few of them.

A calm sea to the north of the island

Making do ...

Rousay wild flowers

 

A "Bonxie" (Great Skua) flying by ...