I was wondering about utilities also. Thanks Bruce for clearing up the situation! Always interesting to hear... How are your animals doing Bruce? Judy/ Maine US ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay) To: ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 1:33 PM Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Life on Graemsay From: "Darryl" <stoutd@shaw.ca> > I'm curious about the source of utilities on your island and on other small > Orkney islands. Does each island have it's own diesel generator? Any > windmills? How do you get telephone and internet service? How about sewage > treatment? Stronsay has running water. It received mains electricity about 30 years ago, prior to that each household had its own small generator. We do have telephones - most cables are underground these days. Terrestrial TV reception is a bit ropey but Sky TV is OK. Broadband internet access may reach us in a year or two; in the meantime my 56K modem is fine. There is no main sewage system - either you have a septic tank (like us) or a pipe into the sea. -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney http://uk.geocities.com/ricardian@btinternet.com/ ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com