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Nobody has been visiting Peedie Kirkwall (my virtual city) for a long time, but finally I've got enough of a population to do something ...

Got a text from my brother (who lives round the corner from me, opposite the harbour) at around 11am today to say that there were a couple o...

The Ba' Report... Both went Up again... and I say "Bugger". Boys Ba' won by Alex Kansour, and Mens Ba' (after a long s...

Yesterday saw the first 2 Ba's of the 2008/09 season in Kirkwall. Unfortunately (for this Doonie, anyway, and for honorary Doonie Viki, ...

Last night, Kirkwall City Pipe Band and over 40 members of Shetland's 2008 Up Helly Aa squad held a torchlight parade and burning of a...

Took this yesterday to show Viki, and to test out my new digital camera... well, actually, my new new digital camera... I bought a £30 one ...

Thrown by Julie and picked up by me... Photo looking down my street from the front gate... (Not taken tonight... there's no sunset lik...

Kirkwall is very lucky to have the ruins of not 1, but 2 impressive palaces across the road from each other, and across another road from th...