Wednesday 22 September 2021

Papa Westray (Papay)


                                            The Maes Howe dragon painted on a green slurry bin,
                                                                     Papa Westray


My 4th visit to Papay as the locals call it.  Mist and rain. But in one clear spell  I managed to pay my respects to the 'sights': the dragon on Holland Farm's slurry bin, of course; 



Knap of Howe

also a walk to  the Neolithc Knap Howe, the oldest extant house in Europe, older than Scara Brae on Orkney mainland and without the hordes of tourists.   


                                                                  Mobile by  Kerrianne Flett,
                                                   exhibition in the Kelp Store, Papa Westray.

                                                                                
Also walked to the Kelp Store, now a Heritage Centre, and found an inspiring art exhibition by young art graduates from all over Orkney. My favourite was a mobile hanging from the ceiling, with tiny porcelain hands on fishing wire.  Made during lockdown, I found it very poignant,  and that the artist was maybe thinking of the sense of touch, which we were not allowed to do, to so many loved ones.

                                                                                   


                                                                                   

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