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John O'Groat Journal piece #1

wicker1991 wrote 1 month ago: This was a piece I wrote while on work experience at The John O’Groat Journal at the tender ag … more →

Tags: Football, Portfolio, john o'groat journal, John, O'groat, Journal, World Cup 2006

Dounreay may become first nuclear heritage site

Apollo wrote 1 month ago: © Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd and NDA Dounreay almost seems to be getting more mentions since it c … more →

Tags: civilian, Nuclear, decommissioning, Archive, herit

One of Heavens Jewels (3)

drmmm wrote 1 month ago: Chapter 3 concerns Caithness during Cook’s ministry there. Cook went to the Bruan and Berriedale mis … more →

Tags: Archibald Cook, Book Reviews

Dunnet Parish Church2 comments

thursodailyphoto wrote 1 month ago: © Central Caithness Churches. Although the balm of autumn has been blown away, an area of high press … more →

Tags: Atlas Novus, Caithness Presbytery, Dunnet Church, Timothy Pont

From Caithness to Lake Huron4 comments

thursodailyphoto wrote 1 month ago: © Seaview Farmhouse. Like many of the harbour villages up-and-down the southern coast of Caithness, … more →

Tags: duke of portland, Fort Mackinac, Lybster, mackinac island, Patrick Sinclair

Ross Institute, Halkirk

thursodailyphoto wrote 1 month ago: © Copyright Phil Williams and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence Okie cokie, I h … more →

Tags: Halkirk, ross institute

Belonging: A’Buntainn: Tilhøre3 comments

donaldsonsdiary wrote 1 month ago: A little while ago, whilst on duty at Caithness Horizons, Thurso in our fabulous little Family Histo … more →

Tags: A'Chraobh, Art, Belonging, crafts, Family, happiness, health, Highland, History

No Man Is An Island...

thursodailyphoto wrote 2 months ago: (Copyright Transport Cafe.) … unless his name is Freddie Stroma. Along with Swona, Stroma is o … more →

Tags: Grottasöngr, stroma, swona, mysing, king frode, Pentland Firth, sea salt

The Shortest Street in the World7 comments

thursodailyphoto wrote 3 months ago: It was formerly Elgin Street in Bacup, Lancashire at 17 feet (5 m 81 cm), but since 2006 the shortes … more →

Tags: Ebenezer Place, wick, shortest street in the world, mackay's hotel

Its been a while mark 2

naefearjustbeer wrote 3 months ago: Monday Evening Yet again this year has been a poor one for paddling trips however the trips that I h … more →

Tags: Blogroll, kayak, river, surf, Thurso, White, water, forss, Halkirk

Please Broadcast This D.E.C. Crisis Appeal

efrafandays wrote 7 months ago: Unknown numbers of rabbits remain homeless after a spontaneous ferocious fire on Dunnet Head (and ku … more →

Tags: Stuff about Life in the North, dunnet head fire

Geo-caching3 comments

thursodailyphoto wrote 7 months ago: (I am lamenting a working lens.) About 1/5 of the Caithness coast is of cliffs at least 15 metres in … more →

Tags: Geo, gya

John o'Groats Ferry5 comments

thursodailyphoto wrote 8 months ago: Resuming service on 1 May, this service links  Groats in Caithness to Burwick on South Ronaldsay.  I … more →

Tags: john o'groats ferry, wick harbour, Burwick

Bilingual signs may cause accidents1 comment

Apollo wrote 9 months ago: A year ago, almost to the day oddly enough, we noted that eight Caithness councillors had tried to s … more →

Tags: civilian, Council, bilingual, Road Signs, Gaelic, anti-Gaelic

Who will come out on top on the Caithness Gaelic signposts?1 comment

Iain wrote 9 months ago: THEY are worrying in Wick, horrified in Halkirk and they have a bad case of the jitters in John O’Gr … more →

Tags: Scotland, Popular Culture, Stornoway, Western Isles, Gaelic, Bord na Gaidhlig, Gaelic Mafia, wick, Thurso

Emotional Repression

cawdor wrote 11 months ago: Last week, one of my colleagues came into work in tears. She’d been at her grandfather’s … more →

Tags: Life, Scotland, repressed

Out and About

cawdor wrote 11 months ago: We were down the town yesterday when a big, thickset bloke barged past us in a shop muttering … more →

Tags: Life, Gay, Civil Partnership, Homophobia, Philip Glass, rain, The Illusionist

Where's Thurso?

cawdor wrote 11 months ago: “Where’s Thurso?”, you’ve all been asking. Well actually, no-one has, but I … more →

Tags: Life, Scotland, Surfing, Thurso

Snapshots: shop fronts, Wick

James wrote 1 year ago: … more →

Tags: photos, Snapshots, Architecture, highlands, Sign, glasgow, wick, Shop', shopfront


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