Friday, 16 May 2025

Some 'last time' things

 So there were a few things we wanted to do 'for the last time' before we moved.

One was a final trip to Geri's Ice Cream parlour where, in honour of the occasion I had an ice cream  dessert and not just a cone,


Mine's the top one, a raspberry ripple and the OH had a Salted Caramel. In the event I might have enjoyed a cone more, but there was nothing wrong with the raspberry ripple really.

Then there was a trip to Celina Rupp's. This was partly a last visit  to her Barrier View Cafe 


and partly to buy a piece of jewellery. Celina is the last major Orkney jeweller who didn't feature in my jewellery box so we felt that needed to be remedied, sort of a farewell present to myself really. After much deliberation this is what I chose


It's from her Harvest Moon collection and I love it. 

Another one was catching the primula scotica. This was going to be a More Walks (2) post but time has gotten the better of me. We saw a post on Facebook a couple of weeks ago which said the primula scotica was out. It seemed a bit early but we decided to give it a go as it would be nice to see it once more before we leave. It only grows in Orkney and Caithness, and as it's very tiny and very low growing it's hard to spot. Once you've found your first one and got your eye in you see loads and we were lucky.



they may be small but they are lovely


thumbnail for size reference!

After we'd had our fill of the flowers we had a wander along the cliff tops at Yesnaby ( which are very close to where the P S grows). I love this stretch of Orkney's coast and have many photos to prove it. here are a couple more from that recent visit



We are still packing but fast approaching the stage where we will only have the last minute things to do which can obviously only be done at the last minute. That doesn't necessarily mean I will have the time, the energy or the means to blog again until after we are in the new house. We'll see. But I'll be back when I can. 








3 comments:

  1. Massive amounts of good wishes for a smooth and problem-free move! Xxx

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    1. Thank you. Leaving Tuesday night. Week in Glasgow then, kicking our heels until they can deliver our furniture but I daresay we'll find a few things to fill in the time!

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  2. I finally spotted Geri's when being given a lift home from Stromness last weekend!

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