This afternoon some of us hiked from Leith whaling station over tussocked Hills and shale slopes to Stromness whaling station. Seals hiding in the tussocks were a threat. Glorious weather, great views.
#ShackeltonFootsteps
#ShackeltonFootsteps
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This afternoon some of us hiked from Leith whaling station over tussocked Hills and shale slopes to Stromness whaling station. Seals hiding in the tussocks were a threat. Glorious weather, great views.
#ShackeltonFootsteps
#ShackeltonFootsteps
Stromness Christmas Bonanza starts today (Saturday 15 November)
Get a number for every £5 spent
#Stromness #Christmas
Get a number for every £5 spent
#Stromness #Christmas
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Stromness Christmas Bonanza starts today (Saturday 15 November)
Get a number for every £5 spent
#Stromness #Christmas
Get a number for every £5 spent
#Stromness #Christmas
“Farewell to Stromness” by Peter Maxwell Davies #nowplaying #radio3
November 15, 2025 at 6:36 AM
“Farewell to Stromness” by Peter Maxwell Davies #nowplaying #radio3
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Peter Maxwell Davies, Timothy Walker & Sean Shibe:
🎵 Farewell to Stromness
#BBCRadio3 #PeterMaxwellDavies #TimothyWalker #SeanShibe
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
Farewell to Stromness (arr. T. Walker)
Peter Maxwell Davies, Timothy Walker, Graham Anthony Devine · British Guitar Music · Song · 2005
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November 15, 2025 at 6:36 AM
🇺🇦 #NowPlayingashtag/NowPlaying" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Breakfast
Peter Maxwell Davies, Timothy Walker & Sean Shibe:
🎵 Farewell to Stromness
#BBCRadio3 #PeterMaxwellDavies #TimothyWalker #SeanShibe
▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
BBC Radio 3
Breakfast
Now Playing
Peter Maxwell Davies, Timothy Walker & Sean Shibe
Farewell to Stromness
Breakfast
Now Playing
Peter Maxwell Davies, Timothy Walker & Sean Shibe
Farewell to Stromness
November 15, 2025 at 6:34 AM
BBC Radio 3
Breakfast
Now Playing
Peter Maxwell Davies, Timothy Walker & Sean Shibe
Farewell to Stromness
Breakfast
Now Playing
Peter Maxwell Davies, Timothy Walker & Sean Shibe
Farewell to Stromness
This passage describes the dramatic moment when Shackleton, Tom Crean, and Frank Worsley arrived at the whaling station at Stromness, South Georgia, after their incredible crossing of the island's mountainous interior.
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This passage describes the dramatic moment when Shackleton, Tom Crean, and Frank Worsley arrived at the whaling station at Stromness, South Georgia, after their incredible crossing of the island's mountainous interior.
A reminder that the story sharing event for the @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social TRANSECTS project, focusing on whales and whaling, is tomorrow on Sat 15 Nov in the Robert Rendall Lecture Theatre, ORIC, Stromness (the old academy buildings): archaeologyorkney.com/2025/10/30/w...
TRANSECTS whaling sessions rescheduled for November 15 - Archaeology Orkney
October's story sharing event in the TRANTomorrow's planned story sharing event for the TRANSECTS project, focusing on whales and whaling, has been postponed.
archaeologyorkney.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A reminder that the story sharing event for the @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social TRANSECTS project, focusing on whales and whaling, is tomorrow on Sat 15 Nov in the Robert Rendall Lecture Theatre, ORIC, Stromness (the old academy buildings): archaeologyorkney.com/2025/10/30/w...
Any donations can be handed in to library staff in Kirkwall or Stromness, or at the Mobile Library.
We'll have a rail at Kirkwall and Stromness so you can come along and take any coats you need, whenever you need them. It's another way we're trying to help people spend less. 🧥
We'll have a rail at Kirkwall and Stromness so you can come along and take any coats you need, whenever you need them. It's another way we're trying to help people spend less. 🧥
November 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Any donations can be handed in to library staff in Kirkwall or Stromness, or at the Mobile Library.
We'll have a rail at Kirkwall and Stromness so you can come along and take any coats you need, whenever you need them. It's another way we're trying to help people spend less. 🧥
We'll have a rail at Kirkwall and Stromness so you can come along and take any coats you need, whenever you need them. It's another way we're trying to help people spend less. 🧥
We are launching a new Winter Coat Swap at Orkney Library & Archive. If you have any winter coats you no longer need we'd be delighted to have them.
We're looking for coats to fit any age and size, adult or child, as long as they are in good, clean condition ready for wearing. 🧥 #GreenLibraries
We're looking for coats to fit any age and size, adult or child, as long as they are in good, clean condition ready for wearing. 🧥 #GreenLibraries
November 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We are launching a new Winter Coat Swap at Orkney Library & Archive. If you have any winter coats you no longer need we'd be delighted to have them.
We're looking for coats to fit any age and size, adult or child, as long as they are in good, clean condition ready for wearing. 🧥 #GreenLibraries
We're looking for coats to fit any age and size, adult or child, as long as they are in good, clean condition ready for wearing. 🧥 #GreenLibraries
Take 6
Open 11-4 today.
Alison Dunlop
Simon Laurie
Neil Macdonald
Naoko Shibuya
Peter Thomson
Graeme Wilcox
Another perfectly composed piece by Neil Macdonald that leads your eye through the surreal streets of Stromness.
Night Walk, Stromness
Oil
33x50cm
#stromness #orkney #neilmacdonaldart
Open 11-4 today.
Alison Dunlop
Simon Laurie
Neil Macdonald
Naoko Shibuya
Peter Thomson
Graeme Wilcox
Another perfectly composed piece by Neil Macdonald that leads your eye through the surreal streets of Stromness.
Night Walk, Stromness
Oil
33x50cm
#stromness #orkney #neilmacdonaldart
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Take 6
Open 11-4 today.
Alison Dunlop
Simon Laurie
Neil Macdonald
Naoko Shibuya
Peter Thomson
Graeme Wilcox
Another perfectly composed piece by Neil Macdonald that leads your eye through the surreal streets of Stromness.
Night Walk, Stromness
Oil
33x50cm
#stromness #orkney #neilmacdonaldart
Open 11-4 today.
Alison Dunlop
Simon Laurie
Neil Macdonald
Naoko Shibuya
Peter Thomson
Graeme Wilcox
Another perfectly composed piece by Neil Macdonald that leads your eye through the surreal streets of Stromness.
Night Walk, Stromness
Oil
33x50cm
#stromness #orkney #neilmacdonaldart
Remember to take care of your new luxury sock with a good sock stretcher.
📷: Sock stretcher of wood, with pegs to hold sock when stretched.
📷: Sock stretcher of wood, with pegs to hold sock when stretched.
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Remember to take care of your new luxury sock with a good sock stretcher.
📷: Sock stretcher of wood, with pegs to hold sock when stretched.
📷: Sock stretcher of wood, with pegs to hold sock when stretched.
"Arch Eye the Noo"
a Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) in the gloaming at the Brig o' Waithe, near Stromness, #Orkney. If you look closely, two of the arches of the bridge are reflected in the seal's left eye.
#UKWildlife #Wildlife #UKNature #Nature #UKMammal #Mammal #Selkie #Seal
a Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) in the gloaming at the Brig o' Waithe, near Stromness, #Orkney. If you look closely, two of the arches of the bridge are reflected in the seal's left eye.
#UKWildlife #Wildlife #UKNature #Nature #UKMammal #Mammal #Selkie #Seal
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Looking at Stromness when swimming is just so much nicer than having to listen to Labour agreeing with Trump - it was bad enough when they were just agreeing with everything Farage said
#Stromness #offforasnorkel #itwasniceunderwatertoo #stuffLabour
#Stromness #offforasnorkel #itwasniceunderwatertoo #stuffLabour
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Looking at Stromness when swimming is just so much nicer than having to listen to Labour agreeing with Trump - it was bad enough when they were just agreeing with everything Farage said
#Stromness #offforasnorkel #itwasniceunderwatertoo #stuffLabour
#Stromness #offforasnorkel #itwasniceunderwatertoo #stuffLabour
Orkney Councillors will consider proposals for a 20mph speed limit in built-up areas today, which is a breakneck speed compared to the past limit of 4mph. Anything faster was considered 'Furious Driving'.
📷: Official notice issued by Stromness Town Council: Furious Driving.
📷: Official notice issued by Stromness Town Council: Furious Driving.
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Orkney Councillors will consider proposals for a 20mph speed limit in built-up areas today, which is a breakneck speed compared to the past limit of 4mph. Anything faster was considered 'Furious Driving'.
📷: Official notice issued by Stromness Town Council: Furious Driving.
📷: Official notice issued by Stromness Town Council: Furious Driving.
This is not an OAS event, but you may be interested in this forthcoming exhibition by 5 post-graduates artists from the UHI MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology at Orkney College. ‘Wider Than Living’ at the Northlight Gallery, Graham Place, Stromness. 14-25 Nov at 11am-4pm.
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This is not an OAS event, but you may be interested in this forthcoming exhibition by 5 post-graduates artists from the UHI MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology at Orkney College. ‘Wider Than Living’ at the Northlight Gallery, Graham Place, Stromness. 14-25 Nov at 11am-4pm.
We generally drive to John O'Groats and use the short ferry crossing from there. Less nauseating than Scrabster to Stromness.
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
We generally drive to John O'Groats and use the short ferry crossing from there. Less nauseating than Scrabster to Stromness.
I did Scrabster to Stromness one January with a vicious hangover and that was bad enough.
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I did Scrabster to Stromness one January with a vicious hangover and that was bad enough.
It's #TrusteesWeek, a celebration of charity trustees' work. We'd like to thank the committee of volunteers elected from members of the Orkney Natural History Society Museum, who've managed and maintained Stromness Museum since 1837 to the present day.
📷: Rev Dr Charles Clouston, Mark Summers.
📷: Rev Dr Charles Clouston, Mark Summers.
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It's #TrusteesWeek, a celebration of charity trustees' work. We'd like to thank the committee of volunteers elected from members of the Orkney Natural History Society Museum, who've managed and maintained Stromness Museum since 1837 to the present day.
📷: Rev Dr Charles Clouston, Mark Summers.
📷: Rev Dr Charles Clouston, Mark Summers.
Massive thanks to the brilliant Sally Magnusson for coming along to Stromness Library last night to discuss her fabulous new novel The Shapeshifter's Daughter.
Both the old and new Stromness Library buildings feature in the story so it was wonderful to hold the event there. ❤️
Both the old and new Stromness Library buildings feature in the story so it was wonderful to hold the event there. ❤️
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Massive thanks to the brilliant Sally Magnusson for coming along to Stromness Library last night to discuss her fabulous new novel The Shapeshifter's Daughter.
Both the old and new Stromness Library buildings feature in the story so it was wonderful to hold the event there. ❤️
Both the old and new Stromness Library buildings feature in the story so it was wonderful to hold the event there. ❤️
It may only be early November but Buddo is already feeling festive! Packs of six A6 greetings cards (with white envelopes) featuring 'The Skara Brae Buddo' in a winter wonderland are now on sale in our Museum shop and online at: tinyurl.com/52uy777j ❄️
#Buddo ℹ️: tinyurl.com/2t3jbrsa
#Buddo ℹ️: tinyurl.com/2t3jbrsa
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It may only be early November but Buddo is already feeling festive! Packs of six A6 greetings cards (with white envelopes) featuring 'The Skara Brae Buddo' in a winter wonderland are now on sale in our Museum shop and online at: tinyurl.com/52uy777j ❄️
#Buddo ℹ️: tinyurl.com/2t3jbrsa
#Buddo ℹ️: tinyurl.com/2t3jbrsa
However, Buddo's been caught outside in a snowstorm so is feeling a bit cold and wet at the moment. ❄️ tinyurl.com/52uy777j
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
However, Buddo's been caught outside in a snowstorm so is feeling a bit cold and wet at the moment. ❄️ tinyurl.com/52uy777j
Five MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will be showcasing their work at the Northlight gallery, Stromness, from November 14-25, 11am to 4pm.
Art and Archaeology graduates showcase work in Stromness
The Work Is All We Have. (Diane Eagles) Five MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will be showcasing their work at the Northlight gallery, Stromness, from November 14-25, 11am to 4pm. The exhibition, entitled Wider Than Living, features the creations of Diane Eagles, Harry Payne, Iain Davidson, Janet Tryner and Lara Band. It is the first time a group of…
archaeologyorkney.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Five MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will be showcasing their work at the Northlight gallery, Stromness, from November 14-25, 11am to 4pm.
On this full frost moon our guest is Sally Magnusson! Join Tom Muir and Sally Magnusson for a fascinating blether on the eve of the Stromness launch of her latest novel, set in Orkney.
Orkneyology: www.orkneyology.com/orkneyology-...
Youtube: youtu.be/47tMPOX6l2A?...
Spotify: rebrand.ly/tusgi
Orkneyology: www.orkneyology.com/orkneyology-...
Youtube: youtu.be/47tMPOX6l2A?...
Spotify: rebrand.ly/tusgi
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
On this full frost moon our guest is Sally Magnusson! Join Tom Muir and Sally Magnusson for a fascinating blether on the eve of the Stromness launch of her latest novel, set in Orkney.
Orkneyology: www.orkneyology.com/orkneyology-...
Youtube: youtu.be/47tMPOX6l2A?...
Spotify: rebrand.ly/tusgi
Orkneyology: www.orkneyology.com/orkneyology-...
Youtube: youtu.be/47tMPOX6l2A?...
Spotify: rebrand.ly/tusgi
Remember, Remember the Fifth of November... And to give the bairns pennies for their Pops, because you don't they'll chase you around the Stromness streets with them.
Tonight's Pop competition will be judged at the Stromness Bonfire Night, Coplands Dock at 6.30pm.
Tonight's Pop competition will be judged at the Stromness Bonfire Night, Coplands Dock at 6.30pm.
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Remember, Remember the Fifth of November... And to give the bairns pennies for their Pops, because you don't they'll chase you around the Stromness streets with them.
Tonight's Pop competition will be judged at the Stromness Bonfire Night, Coplands Dock at 6.30pm.
Tonight's Pop competition will be judged at the Stromness Bonfire Night, Coplands Dock at 6.30pm.
BBC Radio 3 Unwind
Classical Wind Down: Wind down and take it easy with beautiful music
Now Playing
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Classical Wind Down: Wind down and take it easy with beautiful music
Now Playing
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
November 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
BBC Radio 3 Unwind
Classical Wind Down: Wind down and take it easy with beautiful music
Now Playing
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness
Classical Wind Down: Wind down and take it easy with beautiful music
Now Playing
Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness