Orkney Days : An Island Life

This is the charming and poignant account of twenty-five years spent in Orkney. After her marriage to an islander, Christine Muir went to live on the tiny island of North Ronaldsay, where she and her husband brought up their four children and ran a small croft.

Following the seasons through the year, Orkney Days is full of observations of the natural world at their doorstep. Beautiful descriptions of the island and its flora and fauna - from wildflowers and medicinal herbs to seals and seabirds - are mingled with memories of a young family growing up and the rhythms of daily life far from the bustle of the modern world.

There is much too about the work involved in running their croft and the cattle and sheep that are its mainstay, about the traditions and lore of the island which stretch back over countless generations, and about the modern developments which changed it forever.

This memoir offers readers an intimate glimpse into island life, combining nature writing with personal narrative. The book chronicles both the timeless aspects of rural Scottish island living and the changes that have transformed these remote communities. It would appeal to those interested in Scottish culture, rural life, nature writing, or memoirs about finding home in remote places.