23/07/2026
Happy to support Stromness Shopping Week by providing transport for the Royal Party before the opening ceremony yesterday 🚌✨
Get yourself along to Stromness this week to see the buzz about the toon! 💐🏘️🍻
Official photos incoming, but for now, here’s just about the cutest photo you’ll ever see.
Gentleman pageboy Logan making sure Flower Girl Oceans dress didn’t get dirty 🥹
Our opening ceremony was a huge success, and we owe a huge thanks to so many folk.
Green Marine UK for sponsoring our Attendants dresses. They looked amazing!
Danielle Flett for her time and patience in creating the Queens dress
Amber, Olivia and Sandra at Orcadia Cuts for their hair styling of the Royal Party
Aurora Orkney Jewellery for sponsoring the pageboys Kilts. A resounding vote of confidence from the public on how smart they looked
Suzi Lee Jewelleryfor adorning the Royal Party in the most beautiful jewellery
Katie The Wild Table for yet another set of stunning bouquets and buttonholes
Martin at Sheila Fleet Jewellery for the stunning scarves, setting the dress off beautifully!
Kirstin Shearer Photography for yet another year of photography. We cannot wait to see the edits 😍
To Gareth and Karen and their team at Royal Hotel for providing coffee and cake (and Ronnies scones!) for our pre-opening gathering.
Abbie and Mark Orkney Transport Ltd for getting us all from A to B to C this morning!
John, Davie and all the other crew of the RNLI Stromness Lifeboat for giving us a very warm welcome onto the lifeboat, and for escorting our Royal Party to their official opening.
And to the folk I can’t tag:
Kris Bevan. Master of Ceremonies Extraordinaire 👏🏻
Davie Garson. For a heartfelt speech to open Shopping Week 2026
The Orkney Scouts. Providing a Guard of Honour.
Elaine Wishart. Dress making support, dress alterations, stage dressing, general all round shopping week cheerleading. Thank you thank you thank you.
Leah Hamilton and Annie Spence. Chaperone and Queen Crowning. You are the best.
Doreen Garson Shopping Week Nanna and chaperone. We are grateful to have you in the team.
