Greetings from the Orkney Islands, the bit of the North of North of the boarder. As my friend Sarah, of Enchanted Childe,  said today, 'only a barbed wire fence separates us from the North Pole!'

This is the only bit of Scotland, you are hardly likely to see a Kilt, and you can understand why in high winds, that is why it's a good idea to have led weights sown into the hem! In fact, I am about 300 miles west of Norway, and about 700 miles north of Scotland. So you can see we are a bit out of the map as you would know it. Anyhow,  I am co-founder of Orkney Faerie Museum and Gallery, based in Westray, Orkney, and check out the web site so you can have a sneak peak of what we have in this real building dedicated to the Faerie legends of Orkney and Scotland, at www.orkneyfaeriemuseum.com  We are about to close for this season, but next season, starting in April, we hope to have more exhibits, so if you are a Faerie Polymer sculpturer, then I would like to hear from you, as we are seeking some more of those types of displays for next year. I do all the painting and drawing, and generally sporen waving, and my wife Alicen, the writer half, writes out all the legends of mermaids, and faeries, the other stuff, for visitors to read, whilst I stand in the background, swinging my sporen and drinking tea, and winking at them!!

We are also the writer and artist team behind the Hay House book Faeriecraft, (Hay House 2005) see www.faeriecraft.co.uk for that. Alicen and I are currently planning our next joint book for children this time, so watch this space for news of that when it happens. She is due to have a new faerie book out around Nov 2007 called 'A Faerie Treasury' with Angel author Jackie Newcomb.

So all those in Scotland or who plan to travel to Scotland, remember the wee bits a the top, and come and visit us in Westray, where sheep run very fast and Killer Whales stick Vic in their blow holes!

BB

Neil