Sounds like paradise to me...well...accept for the ferry ride. For those that are interested you can find Graemsay on Google Maps, Google Earth and Microsoft's Virtual Earth. Unfortunately the images are all taken from high altitude and are not very high res,,so when you try to zoom down you lose almost all of the detail. Did find one bit of interesting information...Sian has her very own coastal artillery battery...up on the tip nearest Stromness. Guess we better be nice to her or she will sink our boat! <g> R -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sian Thomas Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 10:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ORCADIA] Intrigued with Graemsay? 33% of the Graemsay population is under 14! I don't know of any online arial shots of the whole of the island, I know some folk have taken photos from the top of Ward Hill. I'll see if I can locate one such. You will find Graemsay on the Ship Plotter map on www.graemsay.org.uk the island has a grey "ballon" over it labelled "Isle of Graemsay". Yes it is a quiet life on Graemsay. If folk choose they can become a "recluse" but most of us are fairly involved in the community. There's a kind of inter-dependence among us. For example I can't lift the 5 gallon jerry-cans full of petrol that come across on the ferry for my island car. So I rely on a neighbour to deliver to the house and decant into smaller jerry-cans. However this neighbour doesn't often visit town so I run errands for him whenever I am in town. When I lived South I hated asking for help, but on Graemsay I feel I can always do something in return. And yes i have 9 hens and two "roosters". I am grateful for 3 feet thick walls and double glazing..... neighbours also have cockerals and there is often a competition in the morning between them all. In the summer this starts at 3am...... in the winter at a more civilised hour - about 8.30am. Sian ----- Original Message ----- From: "stephen davie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 3:08 PM Subject: [ORCADIA] Intrigued with Graemsay? > Great to be able to hear from ya online Sian. You are a good > ambassador for your fair Graemsay isle as Bruce is for Stronsay. > Twould be a dream to live a quiet life there... feed the birds, raise > a few grouse and highland cattle, and perhaps have a part time job > such as being the designated temperature recorder, or the fellow who > empties the rain meter and records the fall. Maybe keep a few hens > and a noisy rooster too. When they get on your nerves...eat em! Then > get new ones in the spring. > > cheers...stephen > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > _______________________________________ Orcadia Group Photo Album http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message