
This is an Island Peoples’ Story Pathway of the Folk who lived in the Toonship of Sandwick, at the Via Croft.
Ordinary Orkney Island People,who woke up each day as the light was rising in the East and by the time the sun was wearing down to the West they worked the land and fished the sea in all seasons……Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter ……Handing over a great and ancient kist of wisdom and treasure to future generations in these North Atlantic Islands……
A Thousand Thanks To Them All
‘A time when the Orkneyman had a small croft, between the hill and the sea.’ George Mackay Brown








HEWING IN THE GROIN OF THE EARTH….A STONE FOR A THRESHOLD….A STONE FOR A HEARTH. George Mackay Brown

WINTER
JANUARY… WHEN YOU WAIT FOR THE WORST OF THE WINTER AND SNOW OUT OF THE NORTH EAST.. George Mackay Brown













YOU KIND OF EXIST BETWEEN AN IRON EARTH AND A LEADEN SKY. George Mackay Brown
