Island Retreat

[diamond lil]

Orkney!
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/uk ... p-19562214

[korolev]

That's exactly what I want and at a price I can afford.

Shame it's about 2000 miles north west of where I want to be...

[jansman]

That's exactly what I want and at a price I can afford.

Shame it's about 2000 miles north west of where I want to be...

I thought that too Also , far too remote for Mrs J. if I am honest.

[Le Mouse]

I love Orkney and that place looks fabulous! I had a whole 'I'm going to live in Orkney one day' phase until my sensible brain kicked in and went 'yes it's wonderful, but it's windy as heck all year round and dark for half of it!' I need to visit again, but this time in winter so I get a full picture.

[Vitamin c]

Log burners
But
Not a tree in sight .

[jansman]

Log burners
But
Not a tree in sight .

Indeed. I also thought that. Don’t they burn peat up in those parts?

[Lemne]

I love that except for the bed in the lounge and the choked fire with the log burner.

[Le Mouse]

Indeed. I also thought that. Don’t they burn peat up in those parts?

I think it's the Hebrides with the peat. Orkney has a lot of sandstone - at one point they were building entire houses out of it, including the beds! I suspect firewood is 'imported' from the Scottish Mainland.

[jansman]

Indeed. I also thought that. Don’t they burn peat up in those parts?

I think it's the Hebrides with the peat. Orkney has a lot of sandstone - at one point they were building entire houses out of it, including the beds! I suspect firewood is 'imported' from the Scottish Mainland.

Thanks for that information. So a wood burner would be unsustainable.

[Le Mouse]

Thanks for that information. So a wood burner would be unsustainable.

I totally tell a lie - Orkney does have peat!

https://www.aboutorkney.com/the-wey-hid ... t-cutting/