Life After Little Else......or Rambles with Alphie!

We have now been here for three and a half years, including the long period of lockdown and the effects of the pandemic, however we are all fine and beginning to enjoy the full range of activities and attractions that this amazing county can offer. I recently...

Watch this space for a complete change of direction for this blog. We now live in Orkney, quite near Stromness, and have a view from our window of the Hall of Clestrain. That is where, in 1813, the Arctic explorer John Rae was born. So I joined the John Rae...

Thursday 20 June

Everyone has told us lots about the Hermitage Museum, how big it is, how many exhibits it has, how beautiful building it is. All true. It opens at 10.30 in the morning, and Tatiana was running slightly late because of traffic...