“There’s an array of national issues that should be reflected locally, none more so than the climate crisis and biodiversity emergency”
Going Higher
“Appalling though Johnson is, his apologists are worse.”
19 New #Covid Cases in Orkney
Also today , it has been announced that the PM of the UK Boris Johnson and his Chancellor, Rishi Sunak have both been fined for breaking the laws set in place to limit the transmission of Covid.
Weather Forecast: Some rain this morning, turning drier this afternoon.
Strong southeasterly winds easing down across Orkney. Maximum temperature 8 °C.
The Kirkwall Streets Where The Strawplaiters Lived
In the 1841 census the oldest woman working at plaiting straw was 75 year old Catherine Wilson of Wellington Street.
Why is the moon two faced?
A new study published in the journal Science Advances shows that the impact that formed the Moon’s giant South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin would have created a massive plume of heat that propagated through the lunar interior.
‘We Plough The Fields & Scatter’
“The fields are being ploughed ready for sowing. The archaeologists are gearing up for a different kind of season of digging, and Howie has been combining the two”
Mags’ 21st: Upcoming Track by Corner House
Available to download on Friday 15th of April will be a new roots single written by Orcadian fiddler Louise Bichan – Mags’ 21st
53 New #Covid Cases in Orkney Since Friday
The cumulative total of covid cases in Orkney is now at 4,946.
Weather Forecast: Dry and often cloudy today. Rain spreading north tonight.
Feeling rather cold in the strengthening southeasterly wind. Maximum temperature 7 °C.