We have moved to our remote island!

@destry (2572)
Kirkwall, Scotland
December 18, 2016 4:30am CST
Well, we have moved into our new 160 year old home on our small remote island! 128 people live here, and we are an hours ferry trip away from the nearest everything! We do have a local shop - sells just about everything you could want - and they will order things in for you if you have any specialist desires. We love our house - the walls are twice the width of me, and the doors give you a headache if you don't duck as you enter. We have been busy sightseeing, looking around and meeting the locals. We had a weeks holiday in the only holiday home whilst we were waiting to move in. We have started a daily vlog, however internet speeds here are dire - so we are a bit behind uploading them, but the first few are up in my blog. It feels weirdly normal being so isolated!
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topffer
@topffer (42156)
• France
18 Dec 16
Personally I would not be able to live in a small island, except if there is a bridge to the continent. I feel like a prisoner as soon as I realize that it is surrounded by water. I hope that you will not have this feeling.
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Happy Homestead
@destry (2572)
• Kirkwall, Scotland
18 Dec 16
We love that feeling! We do have an airport too - a plane lands every Wednesday!!!
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topffer
@topffer (42156)
• France
18 Dec 16
@destry For 128 inhabitants having a regular plane line once a week looks like a luxury. Is there a doctor on your island ?
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hereandthere
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
18 Dec 16
@destry ah, so for any special orders you can expect them to be delivered every wednesday?
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Mike
@Mike197602 (15512)
• United Kingdom
18 Dec 16
I'll be looking at your blog and have passed it on to a few people that are interested Congratulations on your move.
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Happy Homestead
@destry (2572)
• Kirkwall, Scotland
19 Dec 16
@) Many thanks
hereandthere
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
18 Dec 16
wow 160 years old. so most of the locals are the original inhabitants there?
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
19 Dec 16
How adventuresome you are. Are you retired, if not what will you do there?
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112966)
• El Paso, Texas
1 Jul 19
I have to wonder if there is a doctor nearby.
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Happy Homestead
@destry (2572)
• Kirkwall, Scotland
3 Jul 19
@rebelann A doctor flys onto the island once a week, and we have a full time nurse on the island as well as several first responders who are trained in first aid, fire fighting etc - I'm one of them!
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112966)
• El Paso, Texas
3 Jul 19
I imagine you have a helicopter handy in case of a dire emergency @destry people get hurt at the most inopportune moments.
Gary Marsh
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
18 Dec 16
Oh how nice. It will be wonderful to be nice and remote from others! Good luck I hope you will be very happy in your new home!
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Manisha
@ms1864 (6885)
• Bangalore, India
19 Dec 16
wow....thats a small town. Glad you have found a place you like...the picture shows your happiness.
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maezee
@maezee (41988)
• United States
18 Dec 16
Wow that is awedome. Congratulations!!
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aubrey
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
18 Dec 16
Moving to a remote island. Sounds an adventure
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crazyhorseladycx
@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
18 Dec 16
congrats! sounds like a lovely ol' home 'n jest bein' 128 folks total'd be right'p my alley. that slower net 'tis a wee price to pay fer bein' somewhere ya love :)
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
19 Dec 16
How exciting! I wish you happiness and good health in your new home. I'd live in Scotland, too, if I could. It's such a beautiful country. The only island I visited there was The Hebrides.
Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
18 Dec 16
If my family was on that island I'd be more than happy to stay there. The isolation sounds wonderful. My family though would not be be content. They are too involved in activities that take them all over the place.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (341822)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Dec 16
Oh, I envy you so much! We are a tiny bit isolated but this sounds idyllic.
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (55133)
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18 Dec 16
I lived on a similar type island for five years, but I was a year old when we got there.
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