buying some eggs

After the theft from our box , reported on facebook and to the Police , we have reduced the float that we put in the box. So potnetail buys need to have the right change. Or, theia being Orkney,   if they dont have quite the right amount, they will leave any shortfall next time they are passing . 

But someone has come up with a solution 

£1.40 in coppers 

thank you ,customer ( I think) 

The sun is back

at about this time of the year the sun comes just above the hill and hits the house.
And at 12.00 today , the sun came back, just catching the edge of the room 

and turning round and looking the other way , the sun is just high enough to come above the  ridge of the hill. So things can only get  better from now on .

• In  2014 it was  25th January  (with no snow around) 
• in 2016 is was the 20th January

There is quite a bit of snow around this time .

and the hens dont like the snow. They havent moved much  today

If anyone has any information

Orkney is reported to be a good place to live   in  a 2017 survery on the BBC website . 

At the end of 2016 the survey highlighted a burglary rate in Orkney of just 2.3 per 10,000 people, compared with a Scottish average of 27.2 and 28.7 for the rest of the UK.

Other factors cited as contributing to their quality of life were an employment rate of 87.6%, well above the national average of 73.7%, and a large number of pubs - 20 per 10,000 adults.

Crime clear-up rates  are pretty good ( only behind Western Isles and Shetland , and not by much)

And  in November  2017 there was no reported crime in Kirkwall

  and the annual rate is 15 for all crimes per 1000, copar population compared to 72 crimes in Glasgow (72) ,   Edinburgh (64), Aberdeen (62) and Dundee (60).

But there has been a crime, as reported on Radio Orkney

Orcadians have expressed their opions about this heinous event

But the report isnt quite accurate  . The eggbox that has been illegally removed  looks like this .

If anyone has any information, Kirkwall polics would like to know.