September 2026 marks 360 years since the Great Fire of London which took place in September 1666. It also reminds us of that time we found a letter in the Archive dated 1661, sent from #Orkney to an address in Pudding Lane, London - the very place the fire began. 🔥

THE HIGH ISLAND - 'The High Island is spell-binding. Atmospheric, compulsive and utterly gripping, Anderson is on fire' — Helen Fields, international bestselling author of the DCI Callanach series
https://bit.ly/4pzBB4H #TheHighIsland #LinAnderson #Orkney #CrimeFiction

THE HIGH ISLAND - 'The sense of place is strong and the plot is as intriguing as ever – in The High Island Lin Anderson has worked her particular magic once more' — Alexander McCall Smith
https://bit.ly/4pzBB4H #TheHighIsland #LinAnderson #Orkney

Tour #Scotland travel photography and video Blog clip of the graveyard at #Dunrossness on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit and small group trip to #Fair #Isle located halfway between the #Shetland #Islands and the #Orkney #Islands tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2024/03/grav...

Tour #Scotland aerial travel photography and video Blog with #Scottish music, of the historic #Neolithic village of #Skara #Brae located on #Bay of #Skaill on ancestry visit and small group trip to the West Coast of the mainland #Orkney #Islands tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2020/09/neol...

Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of houses on Ness Road in #Stromness, #Orkney #Islands. A cannon here was recovered from an #American privateer ship named Liberty captured in 1813 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2015/11/old-...

Ad: For Sale - 13ft Orkney Fishing Boat With 4 Stroke 4HP Outboard #FishingBoat #Orkney

How hot and dry was your summer? Use the BBC postcode lookup to find out. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Here in Westray, part of the Orkney, June to August temp was just above average although due to the wind and rain (up by nearly a third) it really wasn't noticeable!

#Orkney #Weather #Climate

#Orkney is full of creatives and were very lucky to have some outstanding artists across the isles. None more so than master bird and landscape artist, Tim Wootton, who recently reopened his Wildscape gallery in Kirkwall. I couldn't resist this Wheatear on a typical sandy Orkney beach. #birdart

First baby in 34 years born on the island of North Ronaldsay

#GoodNews #UK #Orkney

THE HIGH ISLAND - 'The sense of place is strong and the plot is as intriguing as ever – in The High Island Lin Anderson has worked her particular magic once more' — Alexander McCall Smith
https://bit.ly/4pzBB4H #TheHighIsland #LinAnderson #Orkney

THE HIGH ISLAND - 'The High Island is spell-binding. Atmospheric, compulsive and utterly gripping, Anderson is on fire' — Helen Fields, international bestselling author of the DCI Callanach series
https://bit.ly/4pzBB4H #TheHighIsland #LinAnderson #Orkney #CrimeFiction

Viewing the proposed development plans from Stenness, Brodgar and Maeshowe part of #Orkney World Heritage Site

This afternoon I am reporting on a small group #tour with theme of #historic mainland #Orkney, an island which is extremely well endowed with ancient monuments and impressive architecture:https://www.visitorsguidetoscotland.com/2024/03/historic-orkney-tour/

Solan goose.

With a Bewing backdrop.

#Papay
#Orkney

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme today of #TheDivers, photos of any diving bird, courtesy of @helenbennett.bsky.social
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#BirdoftheDay is #Divers with alt theme of #BirdStare. This gannet works for both. The Internet describes the Gannet as a "spectacular aerial plunge diver." This one is at rest at Noup Head, Westray, #Orkney #Scotland 🪶