Orkney perks up

Only a few years ago Mid Howar would have been a good project for someone; after a walk around it I think it's surely irretrievable.   Even Kevin McCloud wouldn't get out of his Habitat hammock to see it.

It's difficult to resist the lure of the Hoy Hills. And so it proved for John Bremner.  See Hoy - The Dark Enchanted Isle; ISBN 0 9525350 2 5.
The Hoy Hills are well covered in the literature, except they are not mentioned in Xylophone for Beginners by Esther Reinders.

You can see the bolt hole fae here; which is where CMC will be tonight.  She has announced an 'unplanned retreat'. I'll be greetin' in me pillow.