‘Excelsior’…...BBC Pics of Scotland…..Mainly For The Mini-pots…. Orkney Coastal Erosion….
by Bernie Bell - 08:30 on 18 May 2024
‘Excelsior’….
Yesterday – early evening – ‘Excelsior’ sailed by….
A traditional Lowestoft fishing smack…
https://www.theexcelsiortrust.co.uk/
We moved to Orkney from Lowestoft – I love it when things connect….
PS
https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/05/21/open-ship-tour-aboard-the-vessel-excelsior/
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BBC Pics of Scotland…..
10th – 17th of May 2024…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p2gxrn9mo
Lots of images of the Northern Lights. I didn't see them this time round - but these are my memories of seeing them, and they're enough for me......
https://theorkneynews.scot/2017/12/19/the-merry-dancers/
Aileen Gillies pic. of the Crinan Canal at Cairnbaan brought back a very different kind of memory……
https://theorkneynews.scot/2017/10/05/bernie-bell-bernie-mikes-road-trip-spring-2017-7/
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Mainly For The Mini-pots….
https://www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/research-hot-house/
…..and I’ll re-post my dream for Loch View….
http://www.spanglefish.com/berniesblog/blog.asp?blogid=16318
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Orkney Coastal Erosion…
https://archaeologyorkney.com/2024/05/15/coastal-survey-2024/
My tuppenceworth re. the broch near Tammas Kirk...
https://theorkneynews.scot/2020/07/09/a-closer-look-at-some-local-archaeology/
Otherwise....where to begin?...
https://theorkneynews.scot/2021/03/10/unstable-cliffs/
https://theorkneynews.scot/2021/04/21/everybodys-been-surfin-surfin-at-skaill-bay/
https://theorkneynews.scot/2020/01/24/newark-bay-life-on-the-edge-of-the-ocean/
https://theorkneynews.scot/2020/02/21/the-people-of-the-sea/
https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/03/08/stromness-necropolis-to-warebeth-beach/
https://theorkneynews.scot/2020/04/18/holding-back-the-waves-at-the-swandro-dig/
Orkney Archaeology Society are hosting a talk by Dr S.J. Dockrill and Dr J.M. Bond of the Swandro excavation titled “Roundhouse to Longhouse. The story of Swandro, a multi-period site destroyed by the sea” as part of their AGM.
https://orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk/event/agm-2024-and-swandro-talk/
The talk is free to all but if you would like to support the team at Swandro then please use the OAS specific donation page for the event
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