Sanday Island
Today’s poem in our Poetree Calendar is Sanday Island by Ian Stephen. You can read it here, in the Scottish Poetry Library. I chose it because our family’s happiest week this year was spent on the island of Sanday. It’s … Continued
Our Orkney Reading List Part 2
Whilst away on holiday we read not only books set in Orkney but also books with more tangential links to this heart-entrapping archipeligo of islands. Full of seaweed, flotsam and inspiration for beach combing, Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip … Continued
Our Orkney Reading List Part 1
For our recent trip to Orkney I was looking for books we could enjoy as an entire family; limited space, and a desire for physical books meant I spent a long time choosing the books to take with us. Today … Continued