Reunited!

It was at about 1am on Saturday morning that I realised I had come home from Shetland without my laptop! My over-whelming relief at being off the boat and once more on dry land was replaced with that heart-sinking feeling of OH NO!!

As it turned out, there was no need for my despair. The joys of island life! Thank goodness, too, for the close relationship between Orkney and Shetland.

During my final social call before getting on the boat on Friday I had heard that a group of Orkney men were coming up for the weekend. My friend's husband was to be joining them and was looking forward to a 'sociable' Saturday night.

So it was that a couple of phone calls later it was all arranged. I would meet the flight from Sumburgh tonight and one of the returning Orcadians would have my laptop.

With the somewhat imprecise instruction to look out for a middle aged man, a little plump, a little greying, called John, I concentrated instead on watching what each passenger was carrying as they came through the Arrivals door. I spotted my laptop and Bob's your Uncle! Or rather, in this case, John is your Hero!