Orkney, A Special Place
-
ORKNEY HISTORY:
1. A brief history of Orkney
2. Neolithic Orkney from the air
3. The Kitchener Memorial
4. Lighthouses
5. The Ring Of Brodgar
ORKNEY PEOPLE:
6. Dr John Rae
7. The Island Games
8. Orkney Furniture
9. Young People
10. The Owld Men's Hut - The Pier Head Parliament
11. Traditional music - hanging by a thread
12. Old men of Hoy
13. Islands in winter
ORKNEY'S OUTER ISLANDS:
14. Hunda - small and mysterious
15. Cava - a couple of Robinsons Crusoe and a whale
16. Rousay - The Clearances
17. Papa Westray
18. Westray - a place of safety
ORKNEY'S WILDLIFE:
19. Birds in winter
20. Stoats
ORKNEY'S FAVOURITE BUILDINGS:
21. Favourite buildings 1 - Schools
22. Favourite buildings 2 - Churches
23. Favourite buildings 3 - Saint Magnus Cathedral
24. Favourite buildings 4 - The Bothy at Swanbister
TOURISM IN ORKNEY:
25. Cruise liners
26. Orkney produce
ORKNEY'S FUTURE:
27. Green energy
28. Heading North - the journey to Orkney is all part of the experience
29. New hospital - the future's brightCollection of information and stories about Orkney landscape and way of life, based on the author's travels and interviews with locals including lighthouse keepers, farmers, archaeologists, climbers and others.
TitleOrkney, A Special Place
Place of publicationEdinburgh
PublisherLuath Press
Year of publication2017
MaterialBook
ISBN78027978-1-910745-95-3