of course, as well as books in various languages on agriculture and navigation and, given his connection to Holland, not surprisingly, a book on how to build a windmill. Apparently for years it was the [...] that someone from Hawaii could be so enthusiastic about their rain-soaked country with its sodden economy. But I was indeed and the more I went about the country, and the more cups of coffee and sweet [...] oozing about. I remember sitting in a remote farmhouse one evening enjoying the pleasant company of a farmer and his artist wife, as they graciously listened to my endless tales of growing up on a Colorado

Barnett, one of the islanders who gladly sold land for inflated prices. »We couldn't see much of a future for small farms like mine so we didn't mind that Flotta became known as Treasure Island,« he told me [...] They have funded many economic and social projects and continue to do so. A new cheese factory is about to open and work will soon begin on a modern new library in the Orkney capital, Kirkwall. Funding for [...] symbol of the impact oil has had on the Orkney Islands. A huge orange flame has blazed above the Flotta Oil terminal for almost a quarter of a century now. It can be seen on clear nights from the Scottish