March 2024 marked 2 years since I arrived in Norway. I still look back with a certain amount of amazement to the fact that I turned up at...

Obviously the highlight of February was the visit of Jen - it's always nice to have a friend from Dundee visiting and the joy of not...

One of my New Year resolutions was to try and update the blog a bit more regularly ie monthly so it should mean shorter but more regular...

Although this was my second Christmas on Dønna, this was the first one I was really able to take part in after missing a number of events...

At the start of November I was able to nip back to Scotland for a couple of weeks to visit family and friends. My trip did not start...

Two weeks ago I sat my first language exam since ooh, 1985? My teacher at the school had forewarned me that she thought I might be ready...

Three simple words but they brought a disproportionate amount of joy to my life. My Duolingo course seemed to go through a massive...

The school holidays have started. Now there's a sentence I didn't think I'd be writing when I was into my fifties. That being said it is...

Let it not be said that Duolingo doesn't prepare you for your average day to day conversation in Norway. You would not believe how many...

It has been a busy wee while over the last few weeks, both musically and socially. All the Easter services seemed to go well from a...

Come visit me says Graeme, it’s only three flights and a ferry. Sure says I, I’ll come in March after you’ve been there a bit, it’ll be...

As I've written before, my general policy for over a year now has been to say "yes" to everything. On the rare occasion I've said "no" it...

Well, here we are, one year after I left Scotland and started afresh in Norway. To mark the occasion I've taken the ferry across to...

We're just over a month into the new year and suffice to say that my new year resolution of "eat less cake" crashed and burned very...

Godt nytt år til alle! As I write this, we're currently unable to get off Dønna due to the weather. The ferry to the mainland doesn't run...

27th November was the 1st Sunday in Advent and this was when the Christmas Tree (Juletre) lights were switched on. Herøy would appear to...

As I approach my first Christmas in Norway, the diary is getting notably busier with various services, concerts and events. Last week I...

I continue to work hard on getting to grips with the Norsk language. I do spend time each day either on Duolingo or on my online course...

It's been a while since I've written so time to update. It will seem a tad daft but one of the reasons it has taken so long to update the...

As promised a while back, here is a post in Norwegian. On my last day in Dundee before heading back to Dønna I had a wee wander round...