[identity profile] muuranker.livejournal.com 2009-02-04 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm hoping that Jason has a job and £2.7m!

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2009-02-16 11:40 am (UTC)(link)
We could, of course, all club together ... ;-)

[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2009-02-04 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Not sure about the first two, but the third one's nice. Wonder what the broadband connectivity is like. Are there direct flights from Kirkwall to London? If so, it's probably closer to my office than where we live now.

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2009-02-04 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Alas no; you've got to change at Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness or Aberdeen (and start by getting the ferry to Kirkwall). I think Shapinsay has a reasonable-speed broadband connection; 90-some % of Orkney does.
Edited 2009-02-04 18:06 (UTC)

[identity profile] crazyscot.livejournal.com 2009-02-04 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Feeding the postcode into samknows.com says there's a phone exchange in neighbouring Balfour, and that 5Mbit ought to be possible.

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2009-02-04 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Balfour is on the same island, and can't be more than a couple of miles away. At one stage, I think the postal address of the owner of the castle was something like "Mr Balfour, Balfour Castle, Balfour Island".

[identity profile] mirabehn.livejournal.com 2009-02-04 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Balfour Castle

WANT!

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2009-02-05 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
Fancy forming a collective to buy it? ;-)

[identity profile] davidcook.livejournal.com 2009-02-05 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Well, [livejournal.com profile] rwrylsin and I are looking to buy a house soon, and Balfour Castle certainly fits most of our requirements (although the commute to Melbourne could be a bit tedious :-) ). I think we'll have to save up for a while longer to afford it though ... maybe 100 ... 120 years at most, and we'll be there :-)

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2009-02-06 09:14 am (UTC)(link)
Fancy joining a collective? ;-)