Snippets

Laundry is available in Stromness… at 15 pound ($30) a wash!

Fish and chips in Stromness 8 pound a piece of fish ($16) . Traditionally wrapped in newsprint, but what’s this? Inside is a perfectly good recyclable box… maybe the newsprint tradition is too strong?

Bus drivers… stopping at a terminal to have a quick vape out the front while we passengers patiently wait inside the non-smoking bus.

… another running straight over curbs, and when we got to the driver-swap he didn’t respond to his mates friendly ‘hello’… just picked up his gear and stormed off. A bad day at the office maybe?

Remote Thurso… main source of income the nuclear power plant. A local wryly commented that it was sold to them as employment, but he thought if that was the case why not build it in London…

A young man trying to convince his mother he should follow his father and brothers into engineering even though he’s not as smart as them. She wants him to do humanities. Don’t you have to be smart to do humanities?

Speaking of smart, every accommodation’s shower is different. This mornings has one knob to get water, and another to set temperature. Sounds straightforward? You have to set the temperature first! Fine if you know what the numbers mean…

To keep the budget on track, I’m saving left-overs. Cold wontons and minestrone cup soup for breakfast this morning. Surprisingly filling 😀

Came across some cattle yards in the middle of green fields. Were the stone walls already there and the farmer added gates? And what do they use the yards for, given there’s no race or crush? Don’t get between beast and wall.

And how come everyone here walks on the opposite side of the road to what they drive?