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Pleasures newly found are sweet, when they lie about our feet
On Monday 13th Springtime on the Farm aired on Channel 5 featuring North Ronaldsay. The filmmakers were lucky with the weather and the...
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Sian Tarrant
- Mar 29, 2020
- 3 min
Bare Necessities
Hello readers, I hope you are all staying safe and well. I haven't been very present on social media since taking the decision to close...
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Sian Tarrant
- Mar 23, 2020
- 3 min
Sheeplock Holmes
*** See below for Coronavirus and Volunteering Operations update *** After last week's collapse of some dyke near Howar I have spent a...
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Sian Tarrant
- Mar 15, 2020
- 3 min
A day in the life of a sheep dyke warden
In the morning I was tackling a piece by Neven. The wall round the house is very tall, right on the waters edge and rocky shore. One...
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Sian Tarrant
- Mar 8, 2020
- 3 min
Otterly Brilliant
WOW what a week of weather we’ve had! It was definitely needed after the back to back storms and dreich weather. Glorious sunshine and...
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Sian Tarrant
- Feb 28, 2020
- 3 min
So Long, February
With all the recent bad weather the ferry to North Ronaldsay had been cancelled 3 weeks in a row. Some islanders had become very low on...
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Sian Tarrant
- Feb 16, 2020
- 4 min
Storm Wars
A report came in that there was Dyke down on Nouster Bay. After surveying the South West corner I arrived to Nouster to discover a couple...
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Sian Tarrant
- Feb 2, 2020
- 2 min
A Glimpse of Spring
I celebrated World Wetlands Day on 2nd February with a walk around the South East. It was a beautiful, sunny, calm day (feels like...
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Sian Tarrant
- Jan 26, 2020
- 3 min
She never brak a fence, Thro' thievish greed
From 'Poor Maillie's Elegy', which was written as an accompaniment to 'The Death and Dying Words of Poor Maillie', Robert Burns' tribute...
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Sian Tarrant
- Jan 19, 2020
- 2 min
Storm Brendan
A very windy start to the week as Storm Brendan geared up and swept through Orkney. Unlike other dry stone walls, the dyke has lots of...
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Sian Tarrant
- Jan 12, 2020
- 4 min
Fame and Fort-ewe-ne
Belching in a good way: How livestock could learn from Orkney sheep was the good news story of the New Year last week, reaching number 8...
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Sian Tarrant
- Jan 5, 2020
- 4 min
Home for Christmas
Power walking down the drive, tears in my eyes from leaving Hagrid behind, I suddenly remember I've forgotten the cheese. I run back,...
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Sian Tarrant
- Dec 15, 2019
- 3 min
Houston we have a PrOOblem
This week started off with a Sheep Court meeting. What's a Sheep Court?! The Sheep Court was formed in 1839 and comprised of 11 men....
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Sian Tarrant
- Dec 8, 2019
- 3 min
Surviving on Seaweed
We are no longer the “newbies" on the island! This weekend another family has moved to North Ronaldsay. Olly and I offered up our moving...
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Sian Tarrant
- Dec 1, 2019
- 3 min
Gaan oot
Gaan verb \ ɡɑːn \ 1. From Old English gaān (“to go”) Oot adverb \ ˈüt \ 1. Chiefly Scottish variant of out Last Sunday we went to visit...
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Sian Tarrant
- Nov 24, 2019
- 2 min
Dyke a pose
* warning that dyke and sheep puns will be a regular feature on this blog* This week Emma Jane Kirby, reporter for BBC Radio 4, came to...
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Sian Tarrant
- Nov 17, 2019
- 2 min
First Week
After arriving we spent the weekend unpacking the few items which had made it with us to the island and catching up on sleep. We were...
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Sian Tarrant
- Nov 11, 2019
- 3 min
Sheep Dyke Warden
The job posting for the role of Sheep Dyke Warden on North Ronaldsay was well covered by the media. Some headlines claimed that the...
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Sian Tarrant
- Nov 10, 2019
- 3 min
Arriving on North Ronaldsay
After weeks of planning, gathering furniture and packing, we were finally on our way. Logistically it had been quite the headache,...
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