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Happy New Year? | kathietouin
https://kathietouin.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/happy-new-year
Kathie Touin, Orkney musician, songwriter and recording artist. Follow me on Twitter. January 4, 2017. Late winter sunrise in Orkney, from our house. At last 2016 has ground to a halt, and we can look forward to a bright, shiny new year. Of course I know that our delineation of time is nothing more than a device we created, but after this past year I think many of us are grasping for a bit of hope. I have decided that I will choose to be brave in the face of what may come. I spent far too much time i...
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Casualties – HMS Hampshire. Click on the links below to see lists of casualties. Crewmembers of HMS Hampshire (723). Lord Kitchener and members of the Mission to Russia (14). HM Drifter Laurel Crown (9).
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» Survivors
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Survivors – HMS Hampshire. Petty Officer 1st Class.
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The changing face of the landscape – orkneymole
https://orkneymole.com/2016/07/16/the-changing-face-of-the-landscape
Orkney beneath the surface. Who is the Mole? The changing face of the landscape. The dominant agricultural crop on Orkney is grass. Almost any field that does not physically contain prize beef cattle or other livestock is seeded with high-quality grass to turn into hay, haylage and silage to feed the animals through the winter. This pile of silage bales dominates one end of the Midhowe Stalled Cairn on Rousay. There’s a farm somewhere behind there! July 16, 2016. July 16, 2016. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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microtis – orkneymole
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Orkney beneath the surface. Who is the Mole? The power and the glory. Episodes of an Orkney Winter and the Churchill Barriers. Winter storm at Birsay Bay, 7 February 2017. Five months have passed since the Orkney Mole. Last surfaced. There should have been at least one post entitled “ Orkney Mol. I need to reprise several of the stories and subjects covered by the Orkney Mole. Last year. One of the most topical relates to the Churchill Barriers, touched upon in The Pentland Ferries Road Race. Batten down...
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The Birth of Christ is more recent… – orkneymole
https://orkneymole.com/2016/07/08/the-birth-of-christ-is-more-recent
Orkney beneath the surface. Who is the Mole? The Birth of Christ is more recent…. The Jewel in the Crown of the annual archaeological dig season in Orkney opened for business this week at the Ness of Brodgar. 8211; currently the most significant Neolithic site in Europe – or the World for that matter. I briefly touched upon the Ness in a recent post The Heart of Neolithic Orkney. First break after starting to clear the main dig area. Courtesy Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute. The BBC is coveri...
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Dr John Rae, Arctic explorer & navigator – orkneymole
https://orkneymole.com/2016/08/23/dr-john-rae-arctic-explorer-navigator
Orkney beneath the surface. Who is the Mole? Dr John Rae, Arctic explorer & navigator. The Hall of Clestrain. Orkney has many famous sons and it would be invidious to declare one of them THE most famous. This post is about my personal favourite, Dr John Rae, Arctic explorer and navigator. John Rae was born at the Hall of Clestrain. Portrait of Dr John Rae by Stephen Pearce, 1861 ( courtesy Wikipedia. Rae retired from the HBC in 1856 but he continued to undertake significant exploration and survey commiss...
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It’s complicated – orkneymole
https://orkneymole.com/2016/07/24/its-complicated
Orkney beneath the surface. Who is the Mole? While the world falls apart, the Orkney Isles remain the same. The Sunday Times, 17 July 2016. While this is true on many levels, it is clear that Orcadians exhibit a broad spectrum of political views although, in general, there is a lack of innate allegiance to Scotland. Here is a Scottish perspective on the Orcadian question:. Should the Northern Isles be set adrift and returned to the control of Norway and thus save Scotland a fortune in transport subsidies?
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Puffin Central – orkneymole
https://orkneymole.com/2016/07/01/puffin-central
Orkney beneath the surface. Who is the Mole? 8220;Reflected in his Eyes”. Our second attempt at getting over to Westray (see It’s gone technical. Time for a photo gallery…. The puffin pictured at the head of this post was a huge show-off. It is therefore assumed he was a male. He approached us so closely that you can see Tish and the photographer reflected in his eye! More than that however, the caption is a tribute to the lovely song of the same title, written and sung by our friend Jo Philby. Stories M...
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