Autumn gold
Thoughts on autumn in Orkney: the golden season, when the barley and wheat ripen and stubble fields glow in the evening sun. And our minds turn to ...
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Kirkwall in One Day
Thinking of visiting Orkney? We recommend a two-week stay: one week for the Mainland, and one for the outer isles. What’s that you say? You’re only...
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Artists of Orkney: Bryce Wilson
Bryce Wilson was born and grew up in Stromness, and was one of the post war generation who left Orkney to study down south. Amongst his contemporar...
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Artists of Orkney: Laura Drever
In recent years Laura Drever has emerged as the most original and accomplished landscape artist now working in Orkney. Her works are immediately re...
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Farewell to the Puffins
Are the puffins watching back, out of those apparently big mournful eyes, with their streak of Cleopatra-like eyeliner? Probably not, but it’s almo...
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Visitors Galore!
Our local paper,The Orcadian, has today reported that we will be welcoming an incredible 141,000 cruise line passengers during the tourist season ...
