Bernie's Blog

From ‘Emergence’ Magazine……‘Colonialism and the European Mesolithic’….. Rock Art At Onziebist!....

by Bernie Bell - 09:50 on 09 June 2023

A Lot Of History In A Small Space…

by Bernie Bell - 08:45 on 08 June 2023

THE RETURN OF THE NESS!!!......From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. Woolly Bear…. Steve Drury And the Moho Discontinuity….

by Bernie Bell - 09:11 on 07 June 2023

Dowsing for The Bronze Age….

by Bernie Bell - 08:48 on 06 June 2023

Pics. Of Scotland….. Who Can You Turn To?....... From ‘Free Tibet’….

by Bernie Bell - 10:49 on 05 June 2023

Small World…. Extracts From Orkney.com For June…..More News From Kilmorack Gallery…

by Bernie Bell - 08:43 on 04 June 2023

‘So Far So Good’….‘Spinning Beauty’…..They’re Listening……And There’s GOOD STUFF Here Too…. A Bit Of a Lark….

by Bernie Bell - 09:28 on 03 June 2023

Bears Like Cupcakes….Freedom…. And Life…. Exactly What The Title Says It’s About…

by Bernie Bell - 09:17 on 02 June 2023

Dowsing At Tankerness House Museum…. More Matters Archaeological….Manhattanhenge…

by Bernie Bell - 07:08 on 01 June 2023

‘Oh – And It Makes Me Wonder’…. Archaeology In Action….‘Some Things Never Change’……

by Bernie Bell - 09:09 on 31 May 2023

Connections….. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…

by Bernie Bell - 09:03 on 30 May 2023

Betelgeuse….Kilmorack Gallery News…. A Hoot…

by Bernie Bell - 08:26 on 29 May 2023

To Quote Father Ted…..Pics. of Scotland…..‘You Don’t Know What You’ve Got ‘Til It’s Gone’…

by Bernie Bell - 09:30 on 28 May 2023

The Ness…..Nick Card Interview….

by Bernie Bell - 10:46 on 27 May 2023

Good News – Potentially…. The Flesh-eating Slug of Gorseness….‘You Don’t Know What You’ve Got ‘Til It’s Gone…’

by Bernie Bell - 09:35 on 26 May 2023

Please….Plus....

by Bernie Bell - 09:38 on 25 May 2023

Of ‘Pights’ and ‘Speerits’…..The Cairns…. So Cute….Now’s Your Chance…

by Bernie Bell - 09:45 on 24 May 2023

Eagle Blog Supplemental….Mayfly Love….

by Bernie Bell - 09:10 on 23 May 2023

Here Be Eagles!!!...... From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 09:18 on 22 May 2023

Pics of Scotland….Parenting…. You Can Tell A Lot…

by Bernie Bell - 09:47 on 21 May 2023

Aquatic Appleby’s Sea-Swim Blog!....Because…. Where Do We Go From Here?

by Bernie Bell - 09:51 on 20 May 2023

Patience…. Nature Notes…. To Find A Tree….‘Scotland, Jamaica and Slavery ‘- Part Two….

by Bernie Bell - 09:03 on 19 May 2023

When The Earth Moves…. Arran…..While Being Pre-historical…. And Historical…

by Bernie Bell - 09:19 on 18 May 2023

‘Dwelling on Earth’……Something About Soil….. Orkney International Science Festival News.......Don’t Fancy Yours Much…

by Bernie Bell - 09:19 on 17 May 2023

The Crantit Trail…… From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. Stop The Sewage!...

by Bernie Bell - 09:32 on 16 May 2023

‘The Secret Life of Pets’….. Pics of Scotland…. And A Film From Ireland….’In the Shifting Embrace of the Ganga’…. Face Masks..….

by Bernie Bell - 09:01 on 15 May 2023

by Bernie Bell - 09:29 on 14 May 2023

I’m Pleased…. Turning The Tables…. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…

by Bernie Bell - 08:54 on 13 May 2023

‘Shifting Landscapes’…… Music In The Land….Clestrain Drains!...

by Bernie Bell - 08:54 on 12 May 2023

The Birsay Whalebone….. Happy Valley – Buds Bursting & Bluebells…

by Bernie Bell - 09:06 on 11 May 2023

'One Fine Day'…..‘The Accursed Share’….

by Bernie Bell - 08:38 on 10 May 2023

An Alternative Allegiance Pledge…..Just Because…..Nature Notes….. From Kilmorack Gallery…

by Bernie Bell - 09:18 on 09 May 2023

The Orkney Archaeology Review 2023…

by Bernie Bell - 09:07 on 08 May 2023

Anniversaries…..The DNA Of Ancient People……Pics of Scotland….. Testing Cosmetics On Animals…

by Bernie Bell - 09:53 on 07 May 2023

Bread & Circuses….. Bacon Butties….Something Good About Gannets….

by Bernie Bell - 09:09 on 06 May 2023

My Friend Wendy…..Hedgehog Stories…… Mr. Potato Head….

by Bernie Bell - 09:27 on 05 May 2023

May In Orkney …. Gotta Larf Ain’t Ya?.... Or Maybe Not….

by Bernie Bell - 08:48 on 04 May 2023

Listening At The Loons…..‘Another Kind of Time’ – Marking Time…. Clestrain News….

by Bernie Bell - 08:23 on 03 May 2023

Neolithic Colour….Wasdale Walkover….. Litter….

by Bernie Bell - 08:19 on 02 May 2023

Beltane Friends - and Spirals…..People Connecting/Connecting People - Steps To Fame….

by Bernie Bell - 09:17 on 01 May 2023

Time Flies….….A Prickly Subject…. Whale & Dolphin Conservation News…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:48 on 30 April 2023

Art From Nature…… Pics of Scotland…..’Zan, Zendegi, Azadi’……. Hoy Warden - Ongoing…… Covid Is Still With Us….

by Bernie Bell - 09:49 on 29 April 2023

Simmer Dim…. A Picture Of Contentment…..There’s a Moose, Loose Aboot The Hoose….An Example Of….

by Bernie Bell - 09:24 on 28 April 2023

Athazagoraphobia…… Re-wiggling Rivers….Blasting The Sea-bed….

by Bernie Bell - 08:04 on 27 April 2023

Vestrafiold Quarry…… Inaccessible Beach Clean-ups…… We Learn Something New Every Day….Different Kinds Of Action….

by Bernie Bell - 08:12 on 26 April 2023

Starts Off Angry…. Gets Angry Again…. ‘The Forest Beyond’…..Hope….

by Bernie Bell - 09:30 on 25 April 2023

Bookan…. Tibet….. They’re At It Again….

by Bernie Bell - 10:28 on 24 April 2023

Bathing Beauties……Pics of Scotland…..Howe of Hoxa - Plus…..‘Do As You Would Be Done By’…….

by Bernie Bell - 08:53 on 23 April 2023

Plastic Lasts…..A Reminder…..More Eday Updates….More Garden Visitors…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:01 on 22 April 2023

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME - HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MEEEEE – HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

by Bernie Bell - 08:57 on 21 April 2023

Go Walkabout In Kilmorack Gallery…..Or - Spiral Into Space!.....Experience Schrodinger’s Noise?…..Splash!

by Bernie Bell - 08:08 on 20 April 2023

The Tale of Ducks de Luxe…. More About Hydrogen… And More About Clestrain…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:58 on 19 April 2023

Hypertension……’Scotland, Jamaica and Slavery’….. Stop the Sewage….Bear Surprise!

by Bernie Bell - 09:00 on 18 April 2023

Stoat Funerals?......Hedgehog Awareness Week…..’Poisoned Beauty’……

by Bernie Bell - 10:01 on 17 April 2023

Let Life Live…..And Here….Cousins….. From ‘Campaign Against Arms Trade’…

by Bernie Bell - 08:46 on 16 April 2023

Pics of Scotland…..What Have Joe Biden & Bernie Bell Got In Common?........

by Bernie Bell - 09:22 on 15 April 2023

Words & Images……‘My Luscious Long Hair’….. Just Because….Tombs of the Isles…

by Bernie Bell - 08:24 on 14 April 2023

The Time of Year….. Gorseness, April…… Geophysics Surveys…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:16 on 13 April 2023

A Woman In The Arctic…. More Good Things From Kilmorack Gallery…‘Trespass For Trees’….

by Bernie Bell - 10:21 on 12 April 2023

Easter Monday…..From The Horse’s Mouth - As it Were….. From The Neolithic To…..More From ‘Emergence’…

by Bernie Bell - 09:26 on 11 April 2023

‘Leaving The Loch’….. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. Re. All Water Being Connected….

by Bernie Bell - 09:19 on 10 April 2023

Pics of Scotland… And Now For Something Completely Different..…‘Buckie’…..Damn Seagulls!

by Bernie Bell - 10:14 on 09 April 2023

The Exploratree….. Palaeoecological investigations around the Ness of Brodgar….. More Matters Botanical…. And Archaeological…

by Bernie Bell - 10:06 on 08 April 2023

Paddling.….Interesting Symbolism…..The Ghost and Mrs. Muir….

by Bernie Bell - 09:39 on 07 April 2023

Hedgehogs…. New Ness Guidebook…. Skull/Sculpture/Stone?.......

by Bernie Bell - 09:42 on 06 April 2023

Connections…. More Matters Archaeological…. The Attitude Of Gratitude…. Bone…

by Bernie Bell - 09:40 on 05 April 2023

Easter…. April In Orkney…. ‘Waterline’ - From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. Something Positive….A Taster…

by Bernie Bell - 09:11 on 04 April 2023

Maps…. A Tale Of Two Parts…

by Bernie Bell - 09:09 on 03 April 2023

UHI Students Field Trips…...Artificial Intelligence…..The Dark Is Rising - Boris Johnson’s Legacy…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:34 on 02 April 2023

Of Bears & Brochs….. Kind Of Brochy…..Left Me Speechless….Pics of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 10:26 on 01 April 2023

Where’s Ian?.....Decline of Windermere Arctic Charr……Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre Booklet….. That Footprint…

by Bernie Bell - 09:56 on 31 March 2023

Paul O’Grady…..Petition Against Octopus Farming….. Thinking About Bones - Again…..Bookan…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:31 on 30 March 2023

Monday Night….Tuesday Morning…. Report On Long Covid….Politics…..Nuts….

by Bernie Bell - 07:43 on 29 March 2023

Sky Graffiti On A Sunny Morning……..‘Monuments Upon the Tumultuous Earth’….. Stories Of the Fate Of Mounds….. On The Subject Of Monuments In the Landscape….Placing Bones….

by Bernie Bell - 07:38 on 28 March 2023

‘Homecoming’…….Flamin’ Nora!!!.... Machinery….

by Bernie Bell - 08:31 on 27 March 2023

Pics Of Scotland…. The Aurora…. Free Tibet….Thought For The Day…

by Bernie Bell - 10:30 on 26 March 2023

Vinquoy Cairn...…’Shifting Landscapes’ From ‘Emergence’ Magazine……Glyphosate…...A Faray Reminder….

by Bernie Bell - 10:22 on 25 March 2023

Light.…..‘Don’t Go Near The Water’ - The Beach Boys…..Spring……C.A.A.T…….Thought for today….

by Bernie Bell - 07:47 on 24 March 2023

Ploughing……While We’re In Stenness…. And While We’re At The Ness…..From The Ness - Over to Hoy……

by Bernie Bell - 07:20 on 23 March 2023

The Power Of Positive And Negative Intent…

by Bernie Bell - 07:40 on 22 March 2023

A Scapa Surprise….Something About A Bear…. An Orkney Vole!....

by Bernie Bell - 07:45 on 21 March 2023

WHAT? …… Art - Forms…. John Rae Society President’s Sea Swim Blog 2…….Thought For The Day….

by Bernie Bell - 07:26 on 20 March 2023

The Call Of The Wild…..W&DC…..Skara Brae….Pics of Scotland …….

by Bernie Bell - 09:46 on 19 March 2023

Froggy Pond…..Free Bee-friendly Seeds…..Trees….

by Bernie Bell - 11:27 on 18 March 2023

In Memoriam….The Garden of Brodgar……The Picture Tells The Story…. We’re Doing It Again…

by Bernie Bell - 07:12 on 17 March 2023

Shikoku Pilgrimage…...Thank You Beverley!......C.A.A.T……

by Bernie Bell - 07:31 on 16 March 2023

Bonxies…..Origami Flowers ….. And Some Still Say….

by Bernie Bell - 07:40 on 15 March 2023

Another BBC Home-Goal…….From ’Emergence’…..’Beyond Hillshade’….

by Bernie Bell - 07:33 on 14 March 2023

The Lost Words….. Next Read….Seasonal Foods….

by Bernie Bell - 07:59 on 13 March 2023

Water/Sewage……Eagle Cairn Artefacts….BBC Pics. Of Scotland….Thought For Today….

by Bernie Bell - 09:49 on 12 March 2023

The Ness of Brodgar + Exhibition!…. A Most Excellent Blog….. How, Who & When?...

by Bernie Bell - 08:58 on 11 March 2023

Bookan……Boris..….Glory Days… The Heroes of Harray…..Thought For Today….

by Bernie Bell - 07:31 on 10 March 2023

Hedgehogs….’A Forest Parable’….Pink Maerl….

by Bernie Bell - 08:13 on 09 March 2023

Coastal Erosion In Orkney….. Around Eynhallow Sound….Snow!.....OAS Events & Talks…

by Bernie Bell - 07:30 on 08 March 2023

A MAJOR POST-SCRIPT.…...A ‘Lost World’ In Wyoming….. BBC Pics of Scotland …. All Are One....

by Bernie Bell - 07:38 on 07 March 2023

‘Scrapbook’……Lotte Glob….Unstan/Onston….‘A Place Of Refuge’….’Sailing Into The Aurora’….

by Bernie Bell - 07:51 on 06 March 2023

Swandro – Spring Newsletter……

by Bernie Bell - 09:03 on 05 March 2023

‘Love’ Stories…. Megaliths…...Rwanda…..Voting……Tomatoes…

by Bernie Bell - 09:11 on 04 March 2023

The Ness of Brodgar…..‘Colour Coding Hydrogen’…. Murmuration….

by Bernie Bell - 07:35 on 03 March 2023

Paul Powlesland Takes Action Again….. Something Positive…..And Also….

by Bernie Bell - 08:06 on 02 March 2023

You Don’t Know What You’ve Got ‘Til It’s Gone……Collateral Damage…..Something A Bit More Cheery...

by Bernie Bell - 08:03 on 01 March 2023

Between The Barriers… Northern Lights….

by Bernie Bell - 08:46 on 28 February 2023

Messages….. From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….Underland….

by Bernie Bell - 07:33 on 27 February 2023

Westray…… Which Would You Choose?.…. Pics. Of Scotland 17th - 24th February 2023….

by Bernie Bell - 10:07 on 26 February 2023

Wuthering Heights…. Shivering Andrew.... Ancient Balls….

by Bernie Bell - 10:10 on 25 February 2023

Wind People…. ‘Cannery Row’ Cocktail…. That’s The Way To Do It…

by Bernie Bell - 08:45 on 24 February 2023

Spring…..‘Tapes of Stones’…. Thought for Today….

by Bernie Bell - 07:45 on 23 February 2023

Double Standards….. Survivor Anger….. When Is A Wirk….

by Bernie Bell - 07:37 on 22 February 2023

Baby’s Smile…..Silence….. Connections With Famous Folk….

by Bernie Bell - 08:15 on 21 February 2023

The Pollinators of Slovenia….The Viking-age Reuse of Insular Metalwork From Northern Britain…….Something About Sewage….

by Bernie Bell - 08:31 on 20 February 2023

Stormy Weather….. Night Storm….Pics Of Scotland…..News from ‘Whale & Dolphin Conservation’…...’Tombs of the Isles’ – Update & Backdate….

by Bernie Bell - 09:32 on 19 February 2023

Love….. Connections & Lost Worlds…. On The Subject Of ‘Lost’ Worlds…. The Eagle Cairn…

by Bernie Bell - 08:47 on 18 February 2023

An Odd Thing…..Gas….Pet Rabbits….Good Things From ‘Emergence’ Magazine……

by Bernie Bell - 07:32 on 17 February 2023

The Varied Use of Stone In Neolithic Orkney…. While We’re Being Pre-historical..…. SSSI’s…..‘Spin’…..‘The Dark Is Rising’ – All Posts……

by Bernie Bell - 07:51 on 16 February 2023

‘An Ethics of Wild Mind’……Focusing on Plants….Amphipods…..Skaill Farm Excavation……

by Bernie Bell - 07:56 on 15 February 2023

Woke Up This Morning….My ‘Nod’ To Valentine’s Day…..Bartholomew’s Poem Of Love….‘The Lost Land’….. Imagine Being There….

by Bernie Bell - 07:46 on 14 February 2023

Caerleon Time Travel…… For Nan Shepherd’s Birthday….Steve Drury Writes of ….Thought for The Day….

by Bernie Bell - 07:45 on 13 February 2023

Caerleon…. The Music Of The Spheres….Pics of Scotland…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:54 on 12 February 2023

Of Goats & Smells & Alchemy…..‘Silver On The Tree’….‘Tombs of the Isles’ On Sanday….Nothing Against Pheasants – But…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:14 on 11 February 2023

Give A Dog A Bad Name…. Balance…. Stonehenge World Heritage Site…

by Bernie Bell - 07:30 on 10 February 2023

Geriatrock…..Clestrain News….The Price Of Power…. Well, Well, Well….

by Bernie Bell - 07:58 on 09 February 2023

Of Ravens…. Forgiveness….A Nice Round-up Of Swandro So Far - Plus…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:34 on 08 February 2023

‘The Grey King’….. ‘Overstory’ – That’s What It Is – The Over-story…..Taversoe Tuick Update…

by Bernie Bell - 07:37 on 07 February 2023

‘Greenwitch’……Slime Mould……Neanderthal Elephant Hunters……

by Bernie Bell - 08:16 on 06 February 2023

A Small Cairn….. Where Are We going?.... Fraiku….

by Bernie Bell - 10:16 on 05 February 2023

Water…..A Footprint…..More Question Marks....

by Bernie Bell - 10:03 on 04 February 2023

Beavers….Wood ……Sports-washing…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:35 on 03 February 2023

The Dark Is Rising - Sign of the Light…. Imbolc…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine - ‘From Dirt’….. Fear…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:01 on 02 February 2023

‘The Dark Is Rising’…… The Cowpea….Just Because….

by Bernie Bell - 09:21 on 01 February 2023

Susan Cooper.... More From ‘Emergence’…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:05 on 31 January 2023

Beach Finds…. A Series Of Pieces From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…….What’s Next?.....

by Bernie Bell - 07:39 on 30 January 2023

‘Over Sea, Under Stone’ …… Archaic Vegetables…...Fraiku: 90 seconds to Midnight …

by Bernie Bell - 10:07 on 29 January 2023

Forgotten Heroes of the Covid Frontline…….. There’s Something About Cornwall…...Pics of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 10:37 on 28 January 2023

Orkney International Science Festival!!!......Darkness Is The Absence Of Light….. Thought For the Day…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:41 on 27 January 2023

Fear…. Free Tibet…. On Keeping A Light Shining…

by Bernie Bell - 08:08 on 26 January 2023

“We be of one blood, ye and I”……The Cairns….Pollution Event….A Petition….

by Bernie Bell - 08:30 on 25 January 2023

Thinking Too Much….. Patterns of Extraction…… Eh?...

by Bernie Bell - 08:09 on 24 January 2023

Otter – Stone – Water – Life..…Stone Circling…. Do Viruses Stay In Your System?.....Thought For The Day…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:23 on 23 January 2023

Whale & Dolphin Conservation News…..Publication To Download For FREE…..Another Good Read….Clestrain….. A Couple Of Observations On Environmental Protection….

by Bernie Bell - 11:00 on 22 January 2023

Dave Crosby……On-line Archaeology Seminar…..Curiosity….Pics of Scotland….A Petition…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:32 on 21 January 2023

It’s The Same Mind-set…… Fake News….

by Bernie Bell - 11:30 on 20 January 2023

Not In My Back-yard…...I’m Concerned….

by Bernie Bell - 08:02 on 19 January 2023

Observing Roookie….Jackie’s Sparrer…..Right To Roam….

by Bernie Bell - 08:03 on 18 January 2023

Exactly What It Says It Is….. I Likes Fungi….From ‘Emergence’ On-line Magazine.… From Life-enhancing - To Life-destroying….

by Bernie Bell - 08:38 on 17 January 2023

The ‘Death Café’ Again…...Connections…..Snow!

by Bernie Bell - 07:58 on 16 January 2023

Pics. Of Scotland….Masks….That’s Cats For Ya’….

by Bernie Bell - 09:58 on 15 January 2023

Bog People…. Natural Sacred Places….Cruella……

by Bernie Bell - 10:25 on 14 January 2023

Jeff Beck…..Another Response Re. Faray Windfarm….. Potato Heads…..Marine Litter…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:36 on 13 January 2023

Art & Archaeology……‘Living with the Unknown’: Soundtrack…… A Heart-felt Plea…….Watching….

by Bernie Bell - 08:04 on 12 January 2023

Words & Images….‘Utuqaq’…..Iain Robertson’s Rambles……

by Bernie Bell - 09:20 on 11 January 2023

Plastic Tableware…… Further Responses Re. Faray Windfarm…..My Name Is Beauty……

by Bernie Bell - 08:42 on 10 January 2023

Time Capsules…. Yoga is A Good Thing…..’War on the Air’……….

by Bernie Bell - 08:21 on 09 January 2023

‘Coming Home to the Cove’…..Well, well, well…. While On The Subject Of Death…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:51 on 08 January 2023

Ness of Brodgar Top 10 for 2022…….Noiseless Messengers……Photos of Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 10:14 on 07 January 2023

Christmas Cards In The Ditches……. Polar Wander..….‘Where the Horses Sing’…..More Covid Musings…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:10 on 06 January 2023

Right Round Mull Head…. He Knows, You Know…..‘Beyond the Horizon’…..

by Bernie Bell - 12:45 on 05 January 2023

‘Navigating The Mysteries’…..Twenty Years At The Ness of Brodgar….’Take A Hike’…….Catching the wave......Faray Windfarm – on-going…

by Bernie Bell - 10:35 on 04 January 2023

Dawn……Back To ‘Emergence’ Pieces From Last Year……Earthlogs….Next In The Ness Top 10…Waste not….

by Bernie Bell - 09:43 on 03 January 2023

Life Goes On….. Kittiwakes….Bartholomew Barker’s Poem For The New Year……..Poetry For The New Year From ‘Emergence’…..What’s it for…?

by Bernie Bell - 10:53 on 02 January 2023

Kirkhouse Kirkyard….New Year's Day......From ‘Emergence’ – On Beings……Next Ness Top 10 For 2022…..

by Bernie Bell - 11:02 on 01 January 2023

‘On Death and Love’…….Small Is Beautiful at The Ness…..Photos of Scotland 23-30th December 2022…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:49 on 31 December 2022

by Bernie Bell - 10:34 on 30 December 2022

The Ness of Brodgar Top 10 of 2022 – ongoing…...The Hardy Tree…..More From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….

by Bernie Bell - 10:11 on 29 December 2022

by Bernie Bell - 09:39 on 28 December 2022

Just - Well - Just….A Selection From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….. Happy Hannukah…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:59 on 27 December 2022

Weapons Of Mass Destruction….. Brochy Tales….. Call Me Madam….Hypothermic Animals….

by Bernie Bell - 10:19 on 26 December 2022

In Praise Of The Humble Rennie……Scotland’s Christmas Trees…..We Meet A Selkie-Woman....

by Bernie Bell - 09:50 on 25 December 2022

Why Cats Don’t Like Christmas….. Urban Pre-history……Photos of Scotland…..Whales & Dolphins….The Night Before Christmas.....

by Bernie Bell - 10:09 on 24 December 2022

Solstice Thoughts…. Ness of Brodgar 2022 Top 10…ongoing…..The Glasgow Mela 2022….Ecology/Economy?...

by Bernie Bell - 10:16 on 23 December 2022

Sun Return……The Return Of Life…..Nature’s Art-Works……..Human Craftsmanship…

by Bernie Bell - 09:56 on 22 December 2022

The Return Of Light…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:32 on 21 December 2022

Earth-logs Compilation.…’Derry Girls’….F.A.C.T.S………

by Bernie Bell - 10:33 on 20 December 2022

Ness of Brodgar 2022 Top 10 – ongoing.….Emergence……Choices……

by Bernie Bell - 07:38 on 19 December 2022

The Ness of Brodgar Top 10 for 2022…..Pictures of Scotland 9th - 16th December 2022…..Klingon With A Cold……This Beggars Belief…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:07 on 18 December 2022

Happy Snakes….Icey Pancakes…..More Creel Trees….Jackie Morris Is A Bloody Marvel…..And…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:35 on 17 December 2022

First Orkney Snow.......‘Procrastination Is The Thief Of Time’……Sweet Dreams…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:41 on 16 December 2022

Susurrations of the Sea…..Wildcat Pawprints In The Snow…….Work…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:49 on 15 December 2022

All Out Of Darkness We Have Light…..OAS Review Back-numbers To Download…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:45 on 14 December 2022

Beware Of Ice….Helping Wild Birds….. And We Think It’s Cold Here….

by Bernie Bell - 08:50 on 13 December 2022

Foraging…..The Last Time….

by Bernie Bell - 08:12 on 12 December 2022

Winter…..The Lion/Man…….The Passing Of Ruth Madoc......

by Bernie Bell - 11:30 on 11 December 2022

FREE BOOK TO DOWNLOAD……. Kilmartin Museum On-line Talks….Prehistoric Deer…..A New Coal Mine???.....

by Bernie Bell - 09:49 on 10 December 2022

The Power Of Words….Emergence….Bartholomew Barker Gets Frisky With Molly Malone…Meet The Ancestors….

by Bernie Bell - 08:13 on 09 December 2022

Marks of Devotion in St. Magnus Cathedral….Thinking of Ireland….A Memory & A Meditation…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:12 on 08 December 2022

Tauroctony……Gerard Manley Hopkins….The Ice Queen…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:53 on 07 December 2022

Trees & Walls….Badger & Hedgehog…..Cats & Alpacas…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:43 on 06 December 2022

Respect…..Skaill House…. Please Help Palestine....World Soil Day....

by Bernie Bell - 08:10 on 05 December 2022

The Pier Arts Centre Christmas Exhibition!!!

by Bernie Bell - 09:21 on 04 December 2022

A Good Read…. Blimey…..Approaching The Holidays…..Avian ‘Flu……

by Bernie Bell - 10:06 on 03 December 2022

Goals…….Rain…….

by Bernie Bell - 07:42 on 02 December 2022

It’s The Time Of Year……Lucy….The Cairns Bowl - Again…..Swifts….

by Bernie Bell - 08:16 on 01 December 2022

‘Museum Without Walls’…..Inward Migration….

by Bernie Bell - 07:49 on 30 November 2022

Ursine Connections….

by Bernie Bell - 07:57 on 29 November 2022

Stromness Necropolis To Warebeth Beach….Matters Archaeological.....

by Bernie Bell - 09:24 on 28 November 2022

Bones etc.….. Steve Drury Presents….Limiting Life In Britain….

by Bernie Bell - 10:11 on 27 November 2022

Thanksgiving…. Swartigill….Men On The Moon…. Back to Earth….

by Bernie Bell - 10:26 on 26 November 2022

Just Because…. A Short Witter About AI….. There’s Always Some Archaeology….or…nearly always….

by Bernie Bell - 08:42 on 25 November 2022

Food Glorious Food!......One Of A Kind…...Where Now For Independence For Scotland?.....

by Bernie Bell - 07:34 on 24 November 2022

Coastal Erosion….. Fire Bucket Installation?.... Naming….Fibonacci....Independence For Scotland….

by Bernie Bell - 08:20 on 23 November 2022

Mutton Chops At The NOB?.....And I Think To Myself…..Moths…..Joe Lycett’s At It Again…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:45 on 22 November 2022

Whale Remains …….Moomins…..Sighthill Stone Circle....

by Bernie Bell - 09:26 on 21 November 2022

‘Bad Habits’…..Catch Them If You Can …Fare-well To Julie Gibson…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:46 on 20 November 2022

Whale & Dolphin News…..Hedgehogs…… A Very Real Christmas Gift….

by Bernie Bell - 10:36 on 19 November 2022

When Life-forms Get Out Of Balance…..Wise Dog….Stormy Weather…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:24 on 18 November 2022

Vaccination – Matters…..The Cairns!!!... Just Stop Oil….

by Bernie Bell - 08:10 on 17 November 2022

Eday Remembrance….Ness of Brodgar Dates…. Bird Crime…. Wild Justice….

by Bernie Bell - 08:31 on 16 November 2022

Joe Lycett…..Bartholomew Experiments….

by Bernie Bell - 14:18 on 15 November 2022

Books….Shelter Box….Orkney Archaeology Society…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:48 on 14 November 2022

What Happened To Integrity – Personal or Political?......Nurses….

by Bernie Bell - 10:59 on 13 November 2022

Orkney Otters……. Save Windermere…..Holy Moly….

by Bernie Bell - 07:59 on 12 November 2022

Hedgehogs and Small Islands….. If You Don’t Ask – You Can’t Get…..St. Magnus Graffiti Project…Remembering

by Bernie Bell - 08:06 on 11 November 2022

Politics….Walking For Wildlife…….CARVED STONE BALLS!....

by Bernie Bell - 07:40 on 10 November 2022

In Vino Veritas…. Gobblers, Toms & Hens &..…Bookan……

by Bernie Bell - 07:29 on 09 November 2022

Whales & Dolphins…..The Orkney Vole…….A Spell…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:11 on 08 November 2022

A Different Kind Of Remember Remember…. Eve’s Broch Re-visited….Neolithic November……If……

by Bernie Bell - 08:06 on 07 November 2022

Around The Bay…..Fireworks…..The Rock….. Unusual Interpretations….

by Bernie Bell - 10:06 on 06 November 2022

Sewage…… Just Because…..Stepping Back in time…….

by Bernie Bell - 09:59 on 05 November 2022

Hedgehogs…..More About Magic……A Timely ‘Gift’…… Neolithic November….News From Kilmartin Museum….Lady Godiva?

by Bernie Bell - 07:41 on 04 November 2022

A Room Of One’s Own….Granny Kempock Meets The Urban Pre-historian….Pets Not Bets…..Celebrity???...

by Bernie Bell - 07:40 on 03 November 2022

Imagine…...‘Tis The Season….On-line Charity Auction…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:11 on 02 November 2022

Old Bones….The Invasion Of The Hattifatteners!.....Chocolate Ba’s……

by Bernie Bell - 08:10 on 01 November 2022

Face Your Fear…..’The Stone Speaks’…..Look Up…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:45 on 31 October 2022

Jerry Lee Lewis…..A Spectacular Slime Mould……

by Bernie Bell - 08:21 on 30 October 2022

The Time That’s In It……Black Cat…...A Different Aspect Of This Time…

by Bernie Bell - 10:37 on 29 October 2022

Kilmartin Glen…….Taxes….Dawn….

by Bernie Bell - 08:00 on 28 October 2022

Familiar Neanderthals….On Politicians Being Nuts….Diwali Joy….

by Bernie Bell - 09:26 on 27 October 2022

Coming Up To Halloween…Halloween Television…...Hunting With Dogs…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:14 on 26 October 2022

Livestock - Of Various Kinds….

by Bernie Bell - 08:00 on 25 October 2022

Charlie Meets Harray Potter!……The BBC……

by Bernie Bell - 08:25 on 24 October 2022

Voting - Matters…..Sheep & Other Livestock….. Robinson RR….

by Bernie Bell - 09:54 on 23 October 2022

Chaos……An Autumn Day At Cottascarth…..The Bay of Firth in the Neolithic…..Swandro!!!

by Bernie Bell - 09:37 on 22 October 2022

General Election…. CAAT…… Freedom - Matters…..Larry For PM…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:35 on 21 October 2022

C.S. Lewis Meets Squirrel Nutkin….

by Bernie Bell - 12:08 on 20 October 2022

Three Herons!!!.....Working the Polls…… Death By Stoning…….

by Bernie Bell - 10:18 on 19 October 2022

The Cairns Comes To Stromness Museum……..

by Bernie Bell - 20:10 on 18 October 2022

Help Musicians…. V. Expensive Bird Nuts….There Have Always Been Migrants…..Pasta Day Post-script

by Bernie Bell - 09:49 on 17 October 2022

An Egg…...Political Ads……Bloody – Bloody – Bloody…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:26 on 16 October 2022

Mostly Matters Archaeological…

by Bernie Bell - 10:33 on 15 October 2022

Tiles – Ancient & Modern…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:00 on 14 October 2022

The Shelf-life Of A Lettuce…..Practical Action….. Halloween…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:51 on 13 October 2022

Bearded Ladies….. Respect…. Bartholomew Barker Does It Again…..Un-earthing The Past…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:50 on 12 October 2022

They’re Back…..Remember Remember…. An Alternative Approach To Garden Gnomes….A Stunner….

by Bernie Bell - 07:40 on 11 October 2022

Seeing Things……Seeing A Different Kind Of Ting…. Ode To A ‘Stanley’ Flask…

by Bernie Bell - 08:51 on 10 October 2022

Making Archaeology Come To Life…….’The Lost Words’………Timing…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:03 on 09 October 2022

Seamus Heaney…..Brochtober-Fest…..Coca-Cola…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:40 on 08 October 2022

Direct Action….. Seek And You Shall Find….Orkney Blues Fest 2022……The Peedie Chippie!!!!!

by Bernie Bell - 08:51 on 07 October 2022

Kilmartin Museum…..It’s National Poetry Day!….The Royal Mail No More….

by Bernie Bell - 07:36 on 06 October 2022

National Poetry Day……Water Matters….. Suella/Cruella…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:57 on 05 October 2022

Bartholomew Barker……Caithness Skies…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:55 on 04 October 2022

Stormy Weather & What It Produced…..Eday……

by Bernie Bell - 07:40 on 03 October 2022

‘Chicken’ Stew……

by Bernie Bell - 10:10 on 02 October 2022

Practical Presents….The Oldest Building At The Ness Of Brodgar….. Our Life Here……………..

by Bernie Bell - 09:23 on 01 October 2022

Missus MacInnes…..Talbot Rice Gallery……Gas Leaks?…...Words Fail Me……

by Bernie Bell - 08:34 on 30 September 2022

I Am Proud To Know This Woman…. Connecting With Japan…..The Marks We Leave…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:30 on 29 September 2022

A GOOD THING.….The JRS At The Peedie Cubby!.......Henry VIII Powers?.....Brochin’ On…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:38 on 28 September 2022

Which King - Whose King?......Another Memory….. Feeding t’birds…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:23 on 27 September 2022

Fracking……The Orkney Bird Report 2021 …..Stonehenge…...Putin…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:45 on 26 September 2022

Nature Note….Arcadia Park….The Ness…..Freedom….

by Bernie Bell - 09:39 on 25 September 2022

Pies & Memories…. Whales & Dolphins….Hebridean Bones……Help Tibet…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:31 on 24 September 2022

Equinox….. John Rae’s Birthday…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:41 on 23 September 2022

‘The Secret Life Of Waves’…A Plump Little Trout…A Recipe….Robinson R R….

by Bernie Bell - 07:48 on 22 September 2022

Rousay…….Hedgehogs…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:11 on 21 September 2022

An Antidote…..What We Did On 19th Sept. 2022………..

by Bernie Bell - 08:06 on 20 September 2022

An Interlude Of Sanity……..Funerals….

by Bernie Bell - 10:23 on 19 September 2022

Discover Rendall!!!......Corgis….

by Bernie Bell - 09:46 on 18 September 2022

Money, money, money…..Merry Dancers……More Cosmic Doings….CAAT…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:54 on 17 September 2022

The Past…….Cosmic Event...“My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair - But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows…”

by Bernie Bell - 09:28 on 16 September 2022

Bartholomew’s Barker Does It Again…..Paul Powlesland……Metaphorical Pies…..Thought Police 2022…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:27 on 15 September 2022

The Return Of The Vax….And The Vikings……

by Bernie Bell - 07:55 on 14 September 2022

Corncrakes…. Pomp & Circumstance…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:30 on 13 September 2022

Autumn In Orkney…… Covenanter’s Memorial To The Gloup…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:15 on 12 September 2022

Today’s Date….

by Bernie Bell - 09:40 on 11 September 2022

The Queen of England…..Crawick Multiverse….. Fracking….

by Bernie Bell - 10:01 on 10 September 2022

Good Reads…….Hair Pins?.......

by Bernie Bell - 08:09 on 09 September 2022

More Stony Stuff…..Pareidolia?......Brad Magic…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:34 on 08 September 2022

An After-thought……On Folk Being Fear-full…..Tombs of the Isles…. Recording Things…..

by Bernie Bell - 07:19 on 07 September 2022

‘Tomorrow’………Beach Towers – Part Two…… Abandonment

by Bernie Bell - 07:43 on 06 September 2022

The Blob Has Gone!.......The Meaning of Truss…….Rwanda Flights…..

by Bernie Bell - 11:23 on 05 September 2022

Stingrays/Escher/Prof. Penrose……….The Future?

by Bernie Bell - 11:02 on 04 September 2022

Tsunami……When Food Gets Sprouty….

by Bernie Bell - 08:26 on 03 September 2022

On An Orkney Beach…..Help Pakistan – Please…….

by Bernie Bell - 07:59 on 02 September 2022

A Tale For Our Times…. News From Kilmartin Museum ….To Eat Or Not to Eat?

by Bernie Bell - 08:37 on 01 September 2022

‘Once’……Mikhail Gorbachev...

by Bernie Bell - 09:23 on 31 August 2022

Orkney International Science Festival…..‘Notes From An Island’……Xavi Bou…

by Bernie Bell - 07:49 on 30 August 2022

UPDATE ON VIKING WEEK!......Scottish Archaeology Month....Hoxa Head…..

by Bernie Bell - 08:12 on 29 August 2022

Blue Shift/Red Shift…..Brochs!......A Beauty of a Moth…..

by Bernie Bell - 10:13 on 28 August 2022

Hogweed……The Walls of Brodgar…….Ape/Man?……John Rae Whisky…….

by Bernie Bell - 10:42 on 27 August 2022

‘After Orcadia’……Scottish Geology Festival…..About Whales – And Octopuses…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:14 on 26 August 2022

Starry Starry Sky……’Till Birnam Forest Come To Dunsinane’.…..Rwanda…….

by Bernie Bell - 08:52 on 25 August 2022

A Dish Of Water……. Eday Wind Turbines?……Vesuvius….TRANSLUCENT BEAD!!!!!

by Bernie Bell - 12:30 on 24 August 2022

Maggie Ann's Lament…..Faray……

by Bernie Bell - 09:21 on 23 August 2022

Drought 2…..North Ronaldsay Bird Obs…..

by Bernie Bell - 14:11 on 22 August 2022

Drought….The Inimitable Fergal Sharkey….Set-aside…..

by Bernie Bell - 15:25 on 21 August 2022

‘Crawls’……Liners……The Ness…..The Bears…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:32 on 20 August 2022

Yew Tree Needle-work…..Impacts.....W&DC......

by Bernie Bell - 07:33 on 19 August 2022

The Dig At The NOB……1984…..An Antidote…..Or Two…..

by Bernie Bell - 11:16 on 18 August 2022

Brexit…..Archaeological Mysticism…..An Autumn Recipe….

by Bernie Bell - 11:44 on 17 August 2022

Freya The Walrus..….OISF….Spatulate Tool….

by Bernie Bell - 08:32 on 16 August 2022

The Neolithic Heart of Orkney….

by Bernie Bell - 07:39 on 15 August 2022

Viking Week!!! & Covenanters Memorial…..

by Bernie Bell - 17:32 on 14 August 2022

Night Sounds….Roookie…..

by Bernie Bell - 16:16 on 13 August 2022

Beginning Grim….Getting Better….Then….

by Bernie Bell - 08:37 on 12 August 2022

The Summer of ’76……Swandro Wraps Up…Two Worlds….

by Bernie Bell - 08:44 on 11 August 2022

Lord Creator Sings Of Referendum….Old Kirks of Orkney – Re-visited…..Just Because……

by Bernie Bell - 08:10 on 10 August 2022

Leila Thomson

by Bernie Bell - 11:13 on 09 August 2022

Visiting Graves…….Earth’s Core…….The Ness – again…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:44 on 09 August 2022

Frog’s Swimming Pool…..’Tis The Season To See Fungi……

by Bernie Bell - 09:43 on 08 August 2022

Words…..Crannogs…..Bartholomew Barker…….

by Bernie Bell - 09:20 on 07 August 2022

Signs of the Times…….Painting on Stone…..Orion over Brodgar….

by Bernie Bell - 11:04 on 06 August 2022

Gridlock…. More matters archaeological……

by Bernie Bell - 07:50 on 05 August 2022

Crete…..and goats….

by Bernie Bell - 09:11 on 04 August 2022

Monterey Memory…Bartholomew Barker….Neolithic Steps?

by Bernie Bell - 09:20 on 03 August 2022

Ness & Stooks & Linnets…Oh My!

by Bernie Bell - 08:16 on 02 August 2022

Mostly Yorkshire.....

by Bernie Bell - 09:45 on 01 August 2022

Successful Swandro Open Day +….C.A.A.T… Sands O’Wright/Dam of Hoxa…Rolling Boulders...

by Bernie Bell - 07:59 on 01 August 2022

A Bit of Me…..A poem by Bartholomew Barker…. A lot about Whales & Dolphins…..Plus……..

by Bernie Bell - 16:28 on 30 July 2022

Fossils….Fossil fuel replacement?..... Brochs……& Summer Grub…

by Bernie Bell - 09:22 on 30 July 2022

Of Fred…and chaos…and creation….and…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:52 on 29 July 2022

Open Days and Saving the Hay…..

by Bernie Bell - 09:03 on 28 July 2022

The Ness…Mars…Earth…Sky…

by Bernie Bell - 10:45 on 27 July 2022

The Ness of Brodgar 2022

by Bernie Bell - 17:10 on 26 July 2022

Migration?...More archaeology...More from Timothy the Tortoise...

by Bernie Bell - 11:57 on 25 July 2022

Of Birds & Dogs & Archaeology......

by Bernie Bell - 15:27 on 23 July 2022

A bit of a grumble ...plus......

by Bernie Bell - 11:35 on 22 July 2022

A Chair & Some Stones

by Bernie Bell - 09:28 on 21 July 2022

I see rainbows in the evening.....

by Bernie Bell - 11:59 on 20 July 2022

Timothy's Book

by Bernie Bell - 14:16 on 19 July 2022

Connecting With Ancient Architecture

by Bernie Bell - 08:19 on 19 July 2022

Orkney Seabirds & Island Life &…..

by Bernie Bell - 17:31 on 17 July 2022

The Importance of Water - and Words

by Bernie Bell - 10:26 on 16 July 2022

Getting Excited......

by Bernie Bell - 09:59 on 15 July 2022

Mostly About Critters

by Bernie Bell - 07:47 on 15 July 2022

Places, People and Politics.....

by Bernie Bell - 14:56 on 14 July 2022

West Cork For Starters......

by Bernie Bell - 08:23 on 14 July 2022

Bits & Pieces

by Bernie Bell - 11:52 on 13 July 2022

Swandro ...Plus.....

by Bernie Bell - 09:15 on 13 July 2022

Wheels within wheels

by Bernie Bell - 08:25 on 13 July 2022

Broons, Brodgar & Paulo

by Bernie Bell - 08:43 on 12 July 2022