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arwen_luneGot home last night after a 7:40 flight from Kirkwall and then on to Edinburgh, Gatwick and Amsterdam. Amazingly, my bagage made it home with me on the same flights. Impressive.
Road trip was nice - could have been nicer if we hadn't both been ill. Was good to have 3 days for it. Orkney itself is really beautiful, and the weather was blowy but clear and I found I really liked it there. Just seemed to have a good atmosphere to it. Reminded me of Vejer somehow. Maybe it's that small community feeling.
I was amused to find myself looking at house placement etc from a very Dutch point of view - ie wondering why people had houses so close to the sea, "What if there's a storm tide or a buildup" etc. Yup, that whole 'sea can be big and bad and you need to be prepared' thing sits deep.
Road trip was nice - could have been nicer if we hadn't both been ill. Was good to have 3 days for it. Orkney itself is really beautiful, and the weather was blowy but clear and I found I really liked it there. Just seemed to have a good atmosphere to it. Reminded me of Vejer somehow. Maybe it's that small community feeling.
I was amused to find myself looking at house placement etc from a very Dutch point of view - ie wondering why people had houses so close to the sea, "What if there's a storm tide or a buildup" etc. Yup, that whole 'sea can be big and bad and you need to be prepared' thing sits deep.