“Last Week, during the severe Weather, the Post-boy from Dumfries to Thornhill was found frozen to death upon his Horse.”
The Laki Eruption of 1783 by Geoff Hellman: Part 5
The Laki Eruption of 1783 by Geoff Hellman: Part 4
The second phase of flooding was one of the most disastrous natural events to occur in Central Europe during the past millennium
The Laki Eruption of 1783 by Geoff Hellman: Part 3
“The aristae of the barley, which was coming into ear, became brown and withered at their extremities, as did the leaves of the oats”
The Laki Eruption of 1783 by Geoff Hellman
Around midmorn on Whitsun, June 8th of 1783, in clear and calm weather,a black haze of sand appeared to the north of the mountains nearest the farms of the Siða area.
Fu O Sang The Day
“It requires great love of it deeply to read/ The configuration of a land”: Hugh MacDiarmid
SEPA Warns of Water Scarcity
Northwest Scotland, Clyde, Ayrshire, Orkney and the Western Isles are moving to Alert level. Most of the rest of the country is moving to the Early Warning tier, with Irvine and Ayr raised to Moderate Scarcity level.
How Cold Was The Ice Age?
The findings could lead us to better understand how changes in our climate affects the planet.
Poetry Corner: An Orkney Summer
By Bernie Bell Monday was Summer Tuesday was rainy Wednesday was windy No it’s not It’s Thursday So am I Let’s have a drink.
Orkney Prepares for Flooding
Orkney’s Local Emergency Co-ordination Group (OLECG) met yesterday in response to the flooding alert from SEPA (
It Can Happen…….
If the baling isn’t done….and the autumn gales come….
