Visitors can now book tickets to Maeshowe as part of HES’s new seasonal activity for 2022, with more sites set to follow in reopening across the country on a rolling basis.
Maeshowe Neolithic Tomb Reopens to Visitors
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Norwegian Constitution Day
John Mowat of the Orkney Norwegian Friendship Association has sent in pictures from the Remembrance Ceremony which was held in 2021 at the Norwegian Gravestones situated at St Olaf Cemetery, St Ola .
Weather Forecast: Morning haar possible, otherwise dry, bright and breezy. Rain later.
Rain arriving across Orkney towards the end of the afternoon. Fresh easterly breeze. Maximum temperature 12 °C.
Should Scotland Have More National Parks?
Eilean Gorm, Loch Ard, The Trossachs Looking north north east, from a kayak, at the lake island of Eilean Gorm.© Copyright Kim McGillivray
FastBlade: World’s First Rapid Testing Facility For Tidal Turbine Blades
Based in Rosyth, Fife, the £4.6 million facility, FastBlade, was officially opened on Friday, 13 May 2022.
Spicy Lentils with Potato Wedges
Serve with the potato wedges, salad leaves, tomatoes and a good blob of mayonnaise each.
Weather Forecast: Dry and bright for most.
Easterly winds may bring in some haar later across Orkney. Maximum temperature 14 °C.
“At least I could bring their voice to the world.” Shireen Abu Aqleh
Shireen Abu Aqleh was killed on 11th of May 2022.
Ed Buckley (1940-2021)
Ed Buckley with Scorpius mural, ASTRA rooms, Hamilton. 1971, photo by David Adams
Operation Grapple #OnThisDay
On 15th of May 1957 Great Britain tested its first hydrogen bomb near Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean
