Guillemots sheltering from the wind on one of the ledges

Skaill House, Yesnaby and Marwick Head

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June 9th 2017
09 June 2017 On the day that Theresa May was struggling to put together a new government after the Conservatives poor showing in the general election, the weather in Orkney was again wet, but we made the most of it. To start with we went around <a name="_Hlk484795158"></a>Skaill House which is adjacent to Skara Brae and has been in the ownership of the same family since be ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more