“It was a lovely, sunny Sunday – though very windy – well, it is March in Orkney! “
Hobbister to Scapa – Or Maybe Not
I am going, I am going, where streams of whiskey are flowing…..’ – The Pogues
“I should mention that this path isn’t for the feint-hearted. “
Keeping Orkney Beautiful
Greener Orkney will be out and about this weekend at Scapa picking up litter and they could do with some extra helpers.
Stromness Whisky Distillery
“sma old pot stills of 300 gallons each one of these a veritable smugglers still of peculiar shape” which was formerly owned by a noted Law evader. He described the still house as being the oldest part of the work”
Orkney Brings to a Close #Armistice100
11/11/2018 and Orkney marks the end of #Armistice100
Pages of the Sea Remembers Flotta’s Robert William Taylor
The Pages of the Sea event which is to take place on Scapa Beach on 11th of November, 3pm, will be a large-scale sand portrait of Lieutenant Robert William Taylor MC, from Flotta.
