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‘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….

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BBC Pics of Scotland…..

10th – 17th of May 2024…

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/

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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