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| Oresai |
Hullo From OrkneyHi, my name is Oresai, I live on one of the Orkney Isles, been lurking around for a couple of days so thought I should join.
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| sally_in_wales |
Welcome, I've always wanted to visit the Orkneys
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| vegplot |
They've come here instead. Welcome |
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| ros |
Hello 
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| Nick |
Perhaps all 3,000 of us should go visit! Do you have a spare room? | ||
| Oresai |
Ha, lots of spare room but this wee island is only twelve miles by six, so an extra 3,000 might get a bit crowded 
Thanks for the welcome, looking forward to my time here.
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| Nick |
That's OK, we'll leave Behemoth behind. That should provide space for all. | ||
| Oresai |
In that case, you`re all welcome, please bring beer and munchies.
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| StuP |
Hi
Which bit of Orkney are you on? I've had a few trips up there for work, lovely place, lovely people! Welcome! 
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| Oresai |
Hi, I`m on Sanday, one of the outer north isles. Been here about twenty years now.
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| Northern_Lad |
Did someone nick your boat? |
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| Penny Outskirts |
Lucky lucky you. My family comes from Orkney - wave at my great-grandfather next time you pass Finstown cemetery
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| Oresai |
Nah, I keep missing the ferry
*waves at Penny* Hiya!
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| vegplot |
I can bring some beer but unless you can work miracles a packet of milk chocolate, biscuit and creamy caramel sweets won't go far. |
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| Green Man |
Ohoo what is it like. I see a property for sale there with its own beach. It looks tempting, but I fear my boys would hate me if I took them to a place so remote? (also I think I would miss trees)
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| Oresai |
Ooh, caramel sweets sounds fine to me!
There are lots of properties for sale here at the moment, it IS remote and the winter weather can be offputting, but if you don`t mind winter wildness and isolation, it`s a fine place to be...the lowest crime rate in the UK and at least here I can go out and leave my door open without fear.
Good local school with only about 60-odd pupils...there are just under 500 folks here altogether. Ferries run twice a day and are pretty reliable but (I think) expensive. Isn`t paradise here by any means but in summer, does a pretty good impression of it.
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| Blacksmith |
Welcome to downsizer
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| Green Man |
Here was where I saw advertised. Do you know it? | ||
| alice |
Hello there *waves madly*
I'm over on Stronsay, but I've visited Sanday and it's beautiful. You have my sympathy though because I think your winter ferry timetable is even worse than ours
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| Nicky cigreen |
welcome
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| Silas |
Re: Hullo From Orkney
Come- join us - the more non-Welsh people the better.
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| Oresai |
@Cho-ku-ri, yes, I know Tresness, lovely propery but awful pricey.
Got some fabulous stretches of private beach (private never stops locals from going there though:) ) Alice, you`re right there! When the Varagen broke down recently we`d a whole week where the boat left for Kirkwall around half ten to come back around one! Bit manic, going intae toon.
Probably the same on Stronsay today, but bit of a gale oot there again, (plus hail, sleet, rain, hail, hail and more hail... ..my ducks are flying backwards across the garden, hee. )
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| cricketbod |
hi there
welcome to downsizer from sunny hampshire. bit far...orkneys to hants, but welcome |
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| arvo |
 @ Silas
And welcome from an adopted Welsh-people. (Technically I'm a Scouser living in Wales, does that make me a squelch?) |
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| gil |
Hi there, and welcome
I've been to Orkney quite a few times including winter, and thought about farming / living there. One house I looked at was on Sanday [plus farms on Rousay and Egilsay]; I thought Sanday was a lovely place. |
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| Ginkotree |
Wow. looks amazing from the property post, ,is there proper soil there or is it all very sandy and does the salt in the air make your garden different, backward flying ducks sound fun.. mine all went down the lane to live on the big lakes, all the locals love them,they wont come home now. |