SOUND ON - 'Scapa Flow'
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| Graemsay is in the Western approaches to 'Scapa Flow', lying between Stromness on Orkney mainland and the North end of Hoy | |
| The population hovers between about 22 and 24 with some absent due to work commitments at times | |
| There are two lighthouses, Hoy High to the East and Hoy Low to the West. Both were built & designed by Alan Stevenson of the famous lighthouse engineering family and were completed in 1851 | |
| Parts of the island are largely undeveloped and are a haven for many wild plants. Effy Everiss will shortly be supplying a list of plants and locations. | |
| The islands school was closed a few years ago and two of the islands children travel daily by boat to attend classes in Stromness with a four year old attending nursery school two or three times a week. Attending nursery school means that the children must be taken over to Stromness which means spending the day in town all at ones own cost. One of the few downsides to island life. | |
| Most of the island is on mains water piped from the island of Hoy though some still have private piped spring water | |
| There are no shops on the island apart from the post office which opens two hours per day on just three days per week for pensions and outgoing mail. | |
| Mail is collected and delivered on a daily basis, five days per week. | |
| Shopping can be ordered by phone with some mainland shops delivering to the cargo boat | |
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SOUND ON - 'Scapa Flow' |
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