So yesterday we went for a meal at The Foveran. I can’t say that it was very good. I can say that it was fantastic! North Ronaldsay (the northernmost of the Orkney Islands) has sheep that eat seaweed. Paul Roull takes the sheep and, as most of the flavour is in the fat, slow cooks them for six hours to render all the flavour off the fat and into the mutton itself. This is the best tasting sheep I have ever tasted and it literally just crumbled as you cut into it. So I can definitely recommend The Foveran as a place to eat if you are on Orkney. We are going back again on Thursday!

Today was a shopping day – but not in the traditional way. We wanted to get something permanent to remember Orkney by. So it was whilst we were at Hoxa Tapestry Gallery that I received a phone call from Pentland Ferries telling me that the ship on which we came to Orkney (MV Pentalina) would be in dry dock for emergency repairs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday this week. Saturday is our return journey! So from the car park I had to re-book passage with another ferry company (North Link Ferries) who luckily had reservations available, but it does mean that we have to be on a ferry at 09:00 rather than a more leisurely 11:50 on Saturday morning. The plus side is that we will be able to travel further home on Saturday, making the remainder of the journey on Sunday more relaxing.

Shopping continued … we bought a picture and then moved our shopping venue to Kirkwall for jewellery (although nothing was purchased).

Sorry, no pictures today; it’s been another grey and damp day and the scenic, moody pictures I took just don’t quite do it justice. The weather will brighten up again as the week progresses (I hope)!