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Orkney island welcomes first baby in more than three decades
Alice Traill Ford welcomed baby Duncan Wilder Thorstein Traill Suarez Ford in North Ronaldsay last week
A baby has been born on Orkney's most northerly island for the first time in more than three decades.
Parents Jorge Suarez and Alice Traill Ford welcomed baby Duncan Wilder Thorstein Traill Suarez Ford in North Ronaldsay last week.
Islanders toasted the birth with a dram of whisky to celebrate the first newborn in the remote location since Thomas Brookman in August 1992.
The family, who split their time between Costa Rica and Orkney and travelled more than 5,000 miles for the birth, said Duncan was born in a much-loved place.
I wanted baby Duncan born into the energy of North Ronaldsay
"North Ronaldsay has always been a very special place for me and I felt alive and free here every summer when I came up as a little girl," Alice told BBC Scotland News.
"My intuition was telling me this was the right place for us so we spoke to the NHS to see if it would be possible.
"We have this beautiful family home steeped in our history and ancestry so to be surrounded by that felt a very special introduction for him to come to Earth."
North Ronaldsay is Orkney's northernmost island and is only accessible from Kirkwall on the main island via a 20-minute plane journey or a ferry, which takes two hours and 40 minutes.