The Orkney News livestreamed the Kirkwall Kayak Club paddling around Kirkwall harbour on Hogmanay afternoon lit up in festive lights to raise funds for the RNLI.
WATCH The Video of The Flotilla of Light Kayak #RNLI Fundraiser
Weather Forecast: Yellow Warning Snow and Ice
Bright spells and snow showers, some heavy over Orkney.
A Stromness Hogmanay of 1945
The whisky famine had been mourned far and wide between Christmas and the New Year. Soon after midnight however, a surprising number of bottles made an appearance
A Flotilla of Light for Hogmanay: #RNLI Fundraiser
The “Flotilla of Light” will take place on Saturday the 31 December at 3pm. Paddlers from Kirkwall Kayak Club will paddle around the marina with their kayaks decorated in colourful fairy lights.
Deerness Day Time Hogmanay Event Update
The event is open from 11am – 3pm located at the Deerness Community Centre and there will be lots of tasty treats for everyone!
A Flotilla of Light for Hogmanay
Kirkwall Kayak Club will be paddling around Kirkwall harbour on Hogmanay afternoon lit up in festive lights to raise funds for the RNLI.
Open The Door
“Open the door for the auld year/It is the pairtin-time”
Weather Forecast: Mainly dry and bright. Breezy.
Fresh to strong southwest breeze veering northerly and easing. Maximum temperature 8 °C.
Sun Return
The year – turns
Letters: “For Hogmanay – THINK ON!”
“One headline was, that there had been over 50,000 new cases, and over 900 deaths, in that day.”
