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Meeting The Standing Stones of Stenness
It's a while since we journeyed to Orkney, but it's never too late to share snippets from the journey... Travelling along the main road (which by the by is two lanes - one in each direction) we saw a howe (hillock or knoll) in the middle of a field, and we stopped in by to make arrangements. Further along the road we saw the Barnhouse Stone, protected by fencing in the middle of farmland. As we travelled towards a narrow causeway between the Loch of Harray and the Loch of Stenness, we could ... read more
Butterfly Wings – Snippets From The Journey
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This is the view behind Rochambeau Lodge, where we were staying. Alyson's Orchard, and the wonderful Bob, use a system called Integrated Crop Management - and walking around the orchard my sense was of a vibrant eco-system buzzing with life (as opposed to a clinical pesticide haven that might produce a tasteless tesco apple and all that ... read more
Meeting The Standing Stones of Stenness