I liked this really quaint looking house in Stromness.
Stromness is a really small town with just one very narrow street of shops strung along the edge of it, and as you can see it’s very narrow, you have to press yourself to the wall whenever a car goes past – which is often, and sometimes you even have to dive into a doorway if it’s a big vehicle. We were never brave enough to actually drive along this street – not wishing to kill anyone!
The pavements/road surfaces are interesting though, there seem to be fossils embedded in a lot of them.
This very old doorway is just off the High Street .
Stromness like every other High Street in the UK has at least one charity shop, it’s a cat charity and Moxy the cat is apparently NOT FOR SALE.
There are some cracking photos of Stromness online, you can see them here.
Very snug town – I see they have a fire brigade, no doubt they’ve worked out how to negotiate all those narrow streets if required.
Valerie,
They must have a plan but I can’t imagine how they would get to some of the houses – very long hoses I suppose.
That is a lovely old town. Those paving stones are amazing. Bookstores and cats just go together, don’t they?
Joan,
Cats certainly know how to make themselves comfortable!
What a cozy town. That house looks quite snug and the cat looks comfortable!
Stefanie,
Apparently in the winter it gets dark around 3 pm and it’ll still be dark at 10 am. I think I would want to hibernate! Gloriously long days in the summer though.