6th April – Today sees the opening of the Museum’s new summer exhibition. 2019 marks the centenary of the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow and the museum is displaying items salvaged from the ships. For this exhibition many of the pieces have been loaned from private individuals and may never be brought together again.
Over time the wrecks have become home to a myriad of sea creatures and the second part of the exhibition shows examples of the rare and unusual sea life that now flourishes on these rusting reefs.
I’m on duty tomorrow for the first Sunday opening of the season.
10th April – There’s nothing worse than ordering the crab for lunch and some hooligans arrive and try and pinch it from you.
This little drama played out in front of the house and lasted some time.
16th April – Just found this letter posted on the internet. It’s from George Mackay Brown to the writer, Ernest Marwick. It appears that in 1946, GMB was living at 6 Well Park.
19th April – A glorious day, it’s been dry for about a week. As the roads are gridlocked with Easter traffic, what better than getting out and painting the shed.
It has now been refelted and given a new coat of paint, so it should survive another winter.
20th April – Hurray! Our tickets for the Folk Festival have arrived. Really looking forward to it this year, especially as Muriel and Leo will coming to one of the shows.
28th April -A first for me and H, a pair of Red Throated Divers passing by the house this afternoon. It’s unusual to see them in the harbour here.
Scapa Views 
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