Posts by Charlotte
Crossing from Stroma to Swona
The sea and currents around the Orkney islands can be very traitorous even if you are a well trained seakayaker. In this post our adventures on the crossing between Stroma and Swona.
Read MoreAll stations, all stations, all stations!
While listening to the weather forecast on the hand-held VHF radio, I imagine what the reader looks like. By just listening to their voices I imagine what they must look like in real life. I want to share my imaginations with you.
Read MoreMy grandma’s cooking pot
I inherited my grandma’s cookingpots and this is what happenend to them.
Read MoreSea eagle encounter
An absolute ‘WOW’ moment with a white-tailed eagle!!!
Read MoreDrive-thru nature
What kind of traveller are you? One that stays in your comfortzone or one that ventures out?
Read MoreDwarfie stane
Did you every wonder why Neolithic men dicided it was a good idea to hollow out a rock? You better read this story…
Read MoreMy Harry Potter boat.
Every year we pack all of our camping stuff in plastic crates to go on our Scottish kayaking holidays. Every crate packed for a specific hatch of the boat. So my boat will have sleep stuff and clothes in the front, foodstuff in the back and water and small food items in my small hatch…
Read MoreTerror Tern!
Think of Hitchcocks movie ‘Birds’, then read this story about the terror tern. The movie was right.
Read MoreThe mysterious secret of Eynhallow.
Blue men hold guard over the little island of Eynhallow. For 6 hours they wave their arms eastwards and 6 hours westwards, creating big standing white crested waves in the water. With their long groping arms they grab everything that tries to get to the island.But there is a moment in the turning of the…
Read MoreSeal choir
WowowowowoNow, repeat after me…Wowowowowo, more like a howling dog but not that loud. Just a bit softer, wowowowo.Now, let’s make it more playful. You do the wowowo-part and I will do only two but make it a prolonged wooooooooo. This can either be sung high or low, whatever you feel like.So, together now….. Is there…
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