It's been a bit hectic here of late - ever since the TV programme on the excavations at the Ness of Brodgar (aka 'Orkney's Neolithic Cathedral/stone age temple') went out on New Year's Day we've been snowed under with enquiries and bookings. VisitOrkney has reported a doubling of hits to their website, and for the first week or so after the programme we had a fivefold increase on our own website - and a lot of these hits have turned into bookings which is very fine.
The programme itself was pretty good - quite a few of the dig team (names withheld to protect the guilty!) gathered to watch it together, and decided (since it was New Year's Day) to turn it into a drinking game - every time Neil Oliver mentioned the phrase 'stone age temple' would be the cue for a drink - this plan had to be abandoned quite quickly in the interests of staying sober enough to watch the whole thing through!
The reconstructions were quite fun - if you missed the show they're worth looking at - see Will MacNeil design
The excavation at the Ness of Brodgar this year is running from 16th July until the 24th August - I have a feeling there's going to be a lot of visitors.
Our new tour vehicle (top of the range Ford Tourneo, air con, alloys etc etc) has also come home - earlier than expected but better that than too late - and is now sitting in the showroom window in the Ford dealership in town - I don't want to register it until the 1st March when the new registration date starts so I can get a 12 plate on it. The dealership is happy since it makes a nice striking display and they're getting a lot of interest in it.
I've also got home some rubber matting which I'm going to get fitted over the existing carpets - Ford class the Tourneo as an 'executive vehicle' which means you get carpets whether you want them or not. They do look very nice at first, but that only lasts until the first tour - after that the muddy/sandy boot prints rather spoil the effect.
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