“Saturn takes 29½ years to orbit the Sun and is passed by the Earth at intervals of little more than a year”
Beginners Astronomy: Saturn and its Rings
Westray’s Louise Martin’s Outstanding Tapestry Takes Top Prize
Her work Lifetime wowed the judging panel.
Replacing the Liquids in Batteries: from Tree products
“Using materials nature provides will reduce the overall impact of battery manufacture to our environment.” – Professor Yue Qi, Brown’s School of Engineering
Week Forty-two – One Day At A Time
Rain…..Drops……
Bountiful Autumn
” Whilst all mushrooms are edible, the trick is to eat only those which will prove to be edible more than once.”
Shaken, Not Stirred, in Norway
Orkney Norway Friendship Association is holding a talk in the St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall on Wednesday, 3rd November 2021 at 7.15pm.
Might As Well Live
“If a person struggles with dealing with life – troubled in mind and troubled by body – this time of year can present more of a struggle. Less light. Vile weather.”
Largest Collection of Siberian Indigenous Voice Recordings to be Digitised
“The archive contains recordings taken from the 1920s through to the 1980s made by Soviet ethnographers and linguists but it is now extremely fragile.” – Professor Anderson
Ousdsale Broch Tour!
“I received the most recent edition of the Caithness Broch Project Newsletter”
Cuween Cairn – Wideford Hill
“it was a clear, sunny day in mid-October and we wanted to be somewhere up, to look about us – so combining Cuween and Wideford seemed like a good idea.”
