7.45am on Domino's walk. Just before sunrise the Sun reflects beautiful colours into the clouds. #Orkney

Domino paying attention at his training class - and earlier having fun in our enclosure. #Orkney

I've just read this strange, fascinating novel: "A Voice Like Velvet" by Donald Henderson. First published in 1944 as "The Announcer", it's about a BBC announcer who is also a jewel thief. Ideal if you're interested in radio, the BBC & wartime Britain - and for listeners to @bbcentury.bsky.social

No new podcast this weekend... Your previous episode (105) is on the BBC's 7th station, 2BD Aberdeen Your next episode(106) will be on the BBC's 8th station, 6BM Bournemouth Find 'em where you find podcasts. Meanwhile, have you completed our brief survey yet? Here if not, ta! tiny.cc/bbcenturysurvey

Rainbow outside our house just now. #Orkney #rainbow

Cloud behind our house. #Orkney

The sky seemed foreboding late this afternoon ahead of Storm Amy tomorrow. Time for @kathietouin.bsky.social to pick more tomatoes from our Polycrub before we batten the hatches. #Orkney

Domino and I ventured out to the East Mainland of #Orkney in yesterday's sunshine.

The Quoyloo Old School quiz returns for the new season on Friday! #Orkney

Here's a fun playlist. If you fancy some uplifting trance music (and who doesn't?) have a listen to Ori Uplift - Uplifting Only 605 on Spotify, Apple Music and other platforms. Butterflies, my collaboration with trance artist Deme3us, is at number six! Links for streaming here: uoradio.ffm.to/0605

Misty sunrise seen from fido's morning walk. #Orkney

Double rainbow beyond our enclosure but Domino is more interested in his snake toy. #Orkney

Casting long shadows from the low Sun on our morning walk. #Orkney

Fascinating and informative afternoon learning about the Churchill Barriers on a bus tour, part of #Orkney International Science Festival ...

A beautiful morning in Kirkwall Harbour with the RNLI lifeboat at the ready, close to the Lifeboat shop which is well worth a visit. #Orkney

Radio Caroline, 4 this pm, UK time - catch you then!

Domino posing during his walk in the gardens of Skaill House. #Orkney

I made a return visit to the Orkney Wireless Museum in Kirkwall yesterday, a fascinating collection of historic domestic and military equipment and memorabilia. #Orkney #radio #wireless #museum

Residents of Harray and Sandwick parishes! A meeting tonight to start an important project. #Orkney

My latest Substack: ‘BBC bias? Such accusations pre-date the BBC itself… plus 2025’s Thought for the Day + 1923’s first BBC political debate (and its last for 25 years)’ open.substack.com/pub/paulkere...

Domino was a very good boy on his first training walk with other dogs in Kirkwall this morning. Here we've stopped for refreshments outside the cathedral. #Orkney

Domino went for a paddle in Kirkwall Bay this morning. One of two large cruise ships visiting today can be seen in the background of the first image. #Orkney

It's show week in #Orkney and yesterday it was our local event, the West Mainland Show in Dounby ...

The Old School, Quoyloo is fund-raising in the Blue Door, Kirkwall this week. Come and see the bargains! #Orkney

We're ready! This weekend it's the Book Sale at Quoyloo Old School - lots of Orcadian and Scottish books, plus loads of bargain books of all genres, CDs, records, DVDs, games and jigsaws. 10am to 3pm, Saturday & Sunday ... #Orkney

It's hard to believe, but it was a year ago today we lost Roscoe. Miss him every day. We put flowers on his grave with Domino looking on. I'd like to think Roscoe and Domino would have been friends, but I suspect Roscoe would have just found him annoying. Rest in peace, beautiful boy. ❤️🐾❤️🐾❤️🐾

A year ago today we said goodbye to dear Roscoe. He was a lovely boy. But we still talk to him at his grave in our enclosure. #BorderCollie

Lionesses! European champions again - brilliant!

My first solo outing since my hospital visit, to Stromness and back, just as I got home my car clocked up 40,000 (in nearly ten years). #Orkney

Spent today in the sunshine at the end of our track watching the women's + men's cycling road races in the 2025 Island Games. Well done to all the competitors. #Orkney

Domino inspecting the arrangements at the end of our track for the 2025 Island Games bicycle races which will go past later. #Orkney

A beautiful magpie moth (so @kathietouin.bsky.social tells me) behind our house this morning. The second picture might give you some idea of scale. #Orkney

I want to say a huge thank you to the staff of @nhsorkney.bsky.social in the Balfour Hospital A&E + Inpatient 1 ward who cared for me last week - and found out what was wrong. You were all brilliant. #Orkney

Some flowers picked by @kathietouin.bsky.social for Roscoe and then a game with Domino and his orange snake. #Orkney

Scenes from Domino's morning walk, I think there are 12 snails on the plant. #Orkney

A misty, drizzly type of day. Lots of rain yesterday & Thursday, it was strange seeing the sunny hot weather on TV at Wimbledon + the Euros in Switzerland. #Orkney

Excellent cross-cultural gig last night by El Guapo and Catriona Price at the Pier Arts Centre, Stromness - catch them if you can. #Orkney

Tonight at 6.30, a tidy-up of Dounby ... #Orkney ...

A pause on Domino's walk at 6.45 this morning, our house in the distance. #Orkney

The pool bought by @kathietouin.bsky.social for Domino seems to be a success! Taking advantage of yesterday's #Orkney sunshine ...

Kirkwall in the sunshine yesterday: St Magnus Cathedral under blue sky and look who I found outside #Orkney Islands Council offices ...

Coming up on Sunday: volunteers from Quoyloo Old School will be serving tea & cakes to raise money for MS Orkney between 2 & 4pm. Quoyloo WI have promised to help supply cakes. Entertainment from Borealis Bells. #Orkney (I expect to be on washing-up duty) ...

Thoroughly enjoyed the four St Magnus International Festival events I attended: piano recital, violin recital, celebration of writer & naturalist Robert Rendall + Graeme Leak's Saved, performed on found & vintage instruments & technology (his pic courtesy of @storytellerfran.bsky.social). #Orkney

About 8.10 this evening and our house casts a shadow across the landscape. #Orkney

The illegal killing of Hen Harriers has hit a devastating new high. ⚠️ A new RSPB report reveals 102 incidents in just five years - with the majority on, or near, grouse moors. A thread…

NEW PODCAST AHOY! Ep 101: The Sykes Report + Early Recordings Association Aug 1923 means the first BBC inquiry, looking at licences, monopoly + 'listeners-in' vs 'listeners' + @uniofsurrey.bsky.social's Dr Inja Stanović of the Early Recordings Association (do join them) Hear here: pod.fo/e/2ef292

Domino playing in our enclosure with orange snake this afternoon. #Orkney

Flowers in the morning sunshine. #Orkney

Flowers in the mist. #Orkney

Fascinating exhibition about the Ness of Brodgar archaeological dig includes a reconstruction of a Neolithic dog's head from about 4,500 years ago. Maeshowe Visitor Centre, Stenness. #Orkney