Mostly cloudy with bright spells and occasional showers, although the showers should push through quickly on the brisk northwest winds. Feeling rather cool in the wind. Maximum temperature 15 °C.
Focus on Stromness – 1949, Part 1
“This week, for one week only, Stromness will be the centre of Orkney. Some local merchants think it should be the centre of the islands all the time. ” – Islandman
Healthy Heart Grants Available For Local Projects
The grant is available for new and effective projects working with adults to promote healthy hearts, with the aim to reduce the risk of heart disease in the local community.
‘The Garden’
“To weave the garlands of repose” Image by Rosie Hopkins
Weather Forecast: Mainly Dry
It will be mostly dry with variable cloud and some bright or sunny spells. Chance of a few passing showers along with some mist patches. Winds light and variable. Maximum temperature 17 °C.
Support for those with Sight Loss in Orkney
Eye Care Liaison Officers (ECLOs) from RNIB Scotland will be visiting Orkney from July 29th – 31st to offer emotional and practical support to those living with sight loss.
Shelfspace: David Gregory ‘Of Practical Geometry – and Other Practicalities’
“David Gregory (1661-1708) came of an illustrious line of Scottish mathematicians and astronomers. His father, also David, was the younger brother of James Gregory, the inventor of the Gregorian reflecting telescope. “
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen #OnThisDay
On 16th of July 1819 Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen set sail to explore Antarctica for Russian Tsar Alexander I.
Weather Forecast: A wet windy morning, then sunny spells, isolated showers.
A wet and windy morning with the odd rumble of thunder possible, strong east to northeast winds. Drier, sunnier conditions reaching Orkney by late morning, winds veering southeasterly and easing. Maximum temperature 18 °C.
Exploring Orkney’s Constitutional Future: Transport
You may be forgiven, if you do not live in Orkney, if you think that the only issue affecting the islands is that of FERRIES. And of course, they are very important, but Transport involves a lot more than that.