Seal Hounds (Day 602)

In a departure from the norm,  my beautiful wife was up before me and took the dogs out for the morning walk up the hill whilst I slept.
After breakfast, I headed to Stromness to deal with a little job, returning home to get on with a few household things 'til HV came back from horse riding.
We decided to walk the dogs at Aikerness today. It was bitterly cold in the strong icy wind, but the dogs seemed to enjoy splashing around in the water, trying to get near the inquisitive seals. Sigyn was utterly delightful and rolled around on the carcass of a pilot whale which has been washed up on the beach. The stinkhound needed a bath when we got home - rotting whale smells a bit...