{"id":43643,"date":"2017-02-10T23:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T16:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-kirkwall-and-orkney-all-sea-sky-and-peace\/"},"modified":"2017-02-10T23:45:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T16:45:08","slug":"lets-move-to-kirkwall-and-orkney-all-sea-sky-and-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-kirkwall-and-orkney-all-sea-sky-and-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Kirkwall and Orkney: all sea, sky and peace"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLife on these isles is, if not simpler (have you tried getting from A to B on 70 islands?), then more elementalWhat\u2019s going for it? The Orkney islands are my Plan B (though I haven\u2019t told my wife). When all hell is breaking loose at home and post-postmodern chaos engulfs the world, when CBeebies is cranked up to 10 and I\u2019m tripping over the Lego, I think of Orkney. I picture myself collecting seaweed on a beach on Sanday, staring out at a startled sheep from a little stone cottage on Hoy, clambering over the moors to a cairn, or dancing to folk jigs at a Stromness inn. Life on these isles is, if not simpler (have you tried getting from A to B on 70 islands?), then more elemental. The sea is everywhere. The sky is gigantic. The people fabulous and resourceful. And they have CBeebies, too. I\u2019m still working on Plan C.The case against Remote, naturally. Better get used to wind, rain, more wind, more rain, then sunshine: the weather is wild and unpredictable. Life can be tough, and ferries and flights pricey. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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