Annie's Blog
Repairing our holiday gateway to Birsay Bay!
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Our self catering guests appreciate that we keep Annie's Place in tip top condition; this includes our garden gate and shoreline bench on Birsay Bay. Robin has been busy reparing the garden gate and developing garden walls and BBQ garden. I keep the weeds under control around the shoreline bench as well as thoughout the garden. Some photos below demonstrate our efforts!
Esme's Eggs have become Rhona's chicks!
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Guests to Annie's Place have not been able to enjoy Esme's Eggs recently because suddenly they have turned into little chicks! As photos below show.....10 tinies with their caring mum. A chick in the hand...?? We are now calling them Rhona's chicks because she looks after them three times a day and checks they are safe from rats and the new threat to birdlife in Orkney...stoats. We saw two stoats frolicking around Skara
Cartoon Sunset over Brough of Birsay!
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Self catering guests to Annie's Place often see wonderful sunsets from our garden wall. Recently the cloud formation along the horizon behind the Brough of Birsay made me think of cartoon characters from a Wal Disney film dancing along the top of the sea! The effect in real life was more dramatic than the pictures below but hopefully a little of the drama is evident. Note the flash from the
Recent blog posts
- Swanning around in Birsay Bay, Orkney
- Springtime in Orkney for Easter holidays
- Annie's Place is over 250 years old: our new date stone confirms this!
- Facelift for Annie's Place, Self Catering Accommodation on Birsay Bay
- Come to Annie's Place in Orkney this Spring for a relaxing Easter break!
- Orkney holiday sunshine on Birsay Bay
- Face lift for our self catering accommodation underway at last!
Robin & Anne Barr
The Old Manse
Palace
Birsay, Orkney
KW17 2LX +44 (0)1856 721491
+44 (0)7503 522 089 info@anniesplaceorkney.co.uk
The Old Manse
Palace
Birsay, Orkney
KW17 2LX +44 (0)1856 721491
+44 (0)7503 522 089 info@anniesplaceorkney.co.uk
