Brackin’ da Bröd

My second day in Oslo wasn’t really a day at all. Our flight was leaving at 1.45pm and so I was up at 6am determined to see as many as the sights as I possibly could.
As much as I would liked to have gone to the Culture and Heritage museum, the Edvard Munch museum and [...]

 
Hei!
 
What a fast week last week was! Far too fast for my liking: the happenings whizzed by like a sweetie paper in a Shetland gale.
After work on Monday I got the bus to Sumburgh to catch my flight to Aberdeen and after arriving safely it was off to the, rather uninspiring, lodgings for a good [...]

Okay, so let me clear up some of the intrigue for you…
No, I’m not in Italy, though the climate might be a bit less fresh at this time of year!
…and Brackin’ da Bröd, while sounding like a pal of Noggin the Nog, is an old Shetland phrase for walking, or building, a pathway…taking new steps [...]

Well, this is a whole new world to me!
For a long time I wanted to write a blog, but every time i sat down to write I would soon find myself staring at a blank page for hours on end. But my good friend and neighbour mirlnlass has taken me by the hand, be it [...]