as this public health crisis continues into its third year Orkney is set to welcome a possible 207 cruise ships with the first one due to arrive, MS Gann, on 24th of March.
Cruising, #Covid & The Climate Crisis
Weather Forecast: Sunny spells and occasional showers.
Dry weather developing this afternoon. Light winds. Maximum temperature 7 °C.
Rebel Orkney: Fascinating True Stories
True stories from Orkney’s past are retold by Fiona Grahame and illustrated with remarkable pictures and photographs by Martin Laird.
Harry Sultan: Remembering the Men of HMS Pheasant 1917 #LestWeForget
Harry Sultan was born in Hull on the 21st of February 1893 into a hard working family.
Fu O Sang The Day
“It requires great love of it deeply to read/ The configuration of a land”: Hugh MacDiarmid
Weather Forecast: Mainly dry and bright. Breezy.
Fresh to strong southwest breeze veering northerly and easing. Maximum temperature 8 °C.
An Orkney Faerie Story
Mansie always made sure that on ‘rife nights’ such as Hallowe’en, Christmas and New Year’s Eve that there was food in the house for his faerie wife.
Weather Forecast: Mainly dry but rain spreading northeast later this afternoon.
Strengthening southeasterly winds will bring some persistent rain to Orkney later in the afternoon and Shetland by evening. Maximum temperature 8 °C.
Vision of Climate Heritage Shortlist
Orcadian images are amongst those shortlisted for Historic Environment Scotland’s (HES) Visions of Climate Heritage competition.
Power For The People
The £250,000 power station was 154 feet long and 79 feet wide. Constructed by Orkney Builders using local stone and reclaiming land from the Peedie Sea, it would be powered by diesel oil.
