9th August – We’ve just said farewell to Gilly and Ian as they prepared to board the southbound ferry back to Scrabster. They arrived on Monday to spend a few days with us. They visited all the usual sites, Skara Brae, Maeshowe, etc and enjoyed (I hope) some nice meals out. Here they are at the Skerries Bistro.
Apologies for the crudely edited pic but there was an extravagantly moustachioed German sitting behind and he dominated the shot.
They are off to Pitlochry now so we hope the weather is kind to them.
Had my first appointment at the orthopaedic department in the new Balfour hospital in Kirkwall this afternoon. An impressive building, well laid out and lots of parking.
13th August – An interesting article on the BBC this morning on the uptake of electric vehicles in Orkney. I’m very tempted but, with the increasing use of hydrogen vehicles here, should we wait and see how that develops?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-49319120
20th August – We’ve just enjoyed a short visit with H’s former Loakes colleague Gina and her partner, Paul.
They managed to see most of sights including Maeshowe and the Italian Chapel. The only fly in the ointment was Gina’s thumb getting trapped in the car door and badly bruised, hence the arm in a sling (see pic above).
25th August – Watched these guys struggling to de-rig their yole on a windy afternoon. A lovely day otherwise.
30th August – A lovely evening, we sat and watched this little crab boat setting his creels along the shoreline.
Scapa Views 
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