Last night Sarah and I had contrasting luck. I sat in my captain’s chair in Basil, with my best pal Melek by my side, expecting to watch a cagey first round World Cup match between two of the favourites, Spain…
Meet Flipper!
To a person of a particular age the TV of their childhood was full of animal heroes. Belle (and Sebastian), Lassie, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo and perhaps best of all Flipper – a bottlenose dolphin who talked to two tanned…
The Adventures of Basil – A Blustery Day*
Our long period of good weather has come to an end with a bang rather than a whimper. Storm Hector. We woke up this morning wondering where the much vaunted Storm Hector had gone. There was plenty of rain but…
What’s this Wet Stuff?
We’ve enjoyed our short time on Orkney and now wish we had planned to stay for longer. Orkney was not at all what we had expected. It is very different from most of the rest of the Highlands and the…