I'm not ignoring you

Weather: Pentland....southwesterly severe gale force 7 increasing gale force 9 imminent.
Activity: 560 miles driving, 68 miles ferry over Pentland Firth
Weekend's Tune: Gorillaz
Comment: Highland Park 25yo, a jacuzzi, old friends and the visiting thereof and more history than you could shake a stick at.
 
I'm just struggling to find the time to blog at the moment so think I'm going to cut it down to once a week for the next wee while till I catch up with life. Feeling a good bit better though. Saw a great GP who has referred me to ENT - just waiting for appointment now.

Juggling the childcare between N and I at the moment as schools have broken up for Easter Holidays so no time for lengthy bike excursions - the next fortnight will just be improving on fitness with pre-work runs (yes, am back regularly running again) and trying to shed the 2lbs I seem to have gained over the weekend. It might have had something to do with the alcohol, full Scottish breakfasts, 5 Star meals of an evening and the considerable amount of chocolate consumed. Head down and just get on with it :)

So what have I been up to? Basically last week - work. Little time for anything else. This last weekend though, went to Orkney. Left on Friday, caught the lunchtime ferry across from Scrabster. Orkney is stunningly beautiful. I've been twice before but was hotshotting engine parts to boats in the harbour via airport so this was first time I actually got to see it! Trip up was dead calm, trip back not so but Jnr handled it admirably even when the stewardess screamed as the bow tipped down so far we slid out of out seats. Jnr also never stopped talking the entire trip.....

Anyway, some photos below. I took 572 altogether....

Hoy from our ferry (Hamnavoe)

Hoy

Tankerness

St Magnus, Kirkwall

Stromness

More Stromness

 

Kirkwall harbour and three island ferries

Portmahomack near Tain. Visiting relatives and family friends on the way home.

Tarbatness Lighthouse, Portmahomack

Thats it for just now. I've been home with Jnr today and we've sorted  and shifted the electric fence, baked 4 cakes and 35 brownies, sowed veg (sprouts, cauliflower and french beans - all indoors), quoted for a ROV job, done all the housework and did a months worth of recycling. I'm bushed and off to bed!

See ya'll in a few days!