North Ronaldsay Lighthouse Cottages

17/03/2024

15/03/2024

08/03/2024

Here's our programme - many thanks to the presenters for such a rich selection of topics

25/02/2024

26/01/2024

01/12/2023

Hurray..many thanks to the British Science Association for a grant of £500 ... this means our festival can go ahead. Dates to follow ...at some point.

01/11/2023

🛟⚓️📟 Tasking 📟 ⚓️🛟

Kirkwall lifeboat were tasked late last night by Shetland Coastguard at 11.28pm, to the report of flares being sighted between Weyland Bay and Isbister Bay. The crew quickly assembled and launched at 11.40pm.
On arrival the ALB crew searched a pattern that was coordinated by Shetland coastguard. After a thorough search of the area, the Kirkwall crew were stood down at 1.15am and returned to their berth. Although on this occasion it was a false alarm, we can’t stress enough the importance of the public reporting any unusual activity or sightings at sea or around the coast to the emergency services 🛟⚓️🌊

In an emergency at the coast -

•Step 1
Call 999

•Step 2
Ask for the Coastguard
Tell the operator that you need to speak to the Coastguard.

•Step 3
Describe the emergency
Tell the Coastguard: what you’ve seen, where the incident is, when it happened, and give us your name.

Using 999 with speech or hearing impairment -
The Relay UK service lets deaf, hard of hearing, or people with a speech-impairment alert police, ambulance, fire, or coastguard services by either calling via a British Sign Language (BSL) relay assistant or texting a message to 999 using our emergency SMS service.
You must register your mobile phone before you can use it. Don’t wait until you need the emergency SMS service!

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29/10/2023

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY: Some contributions from Scottish lifeboat stations to RNLI's 200 Voices before Christmas:
Sheena Thompson, Wick. 7 Nov
Kevin Kirkpatrick, Longhope. 9 Nov
John Maclennan, Stornoway. 27 Nov
Ian Currie, Mallaig. 30 Nov
George Davidson, Kirkcudbright. 5 Dec
Robin Smith, Broughty Ferry. 8 Dec
Martin Stephen, Dunbar. 23 Dec
Christine Bradshaw, Longhope. 27 Dec
Listen at www.rnli.org/200voices or on your usual podcast service

09/08/2023

30/07/2023

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Thank you Rowan for this brilliant aerial shot of all 43 volunteers on today’s sheepdyke stretch at Westness

11/06/2023

Pentland Ferries say work on the Pentalina is now complete and the vessel is set to return to service on Tuesday the 13th of June. The vessel has been in dry dock at Birkenhead for the last few weeks after grounding at the end of April near St Margaret's Hope with 60 passengers on-board. The company has been unable to run any services as their other boat, the Alfred, is on loan to Calmac on the west coast.

Managing Director of Pentland Ferries, Helen Inkster, said: “We can confirm that after some unanticipated delays, the work on the MV Pentalina is now complete. The vessel has met class and MCA approval, and is now en route back to Orkney.

“To allow time for transit and the crew to have sufficient rest, we plan to recommence service on Tuesday 13 June. We regret the delays for our customers but are pleased that the service between St Margaret’s Hope and Gills Bay will soon be reinstated.

“We thank our customers for their patience, and our crews and shoreside teams for their unfailing dedication and determination to get the vessel back into service as soon as possible.”

09/06/2023

One of the world's longest-established and most original science festivals, providing a platform for fresh ideas in an island setting. The Festival dates are 7-13 September 2023.

13/04/2023

UN seaweed expert has called on Scotland to develop seaweed farming, helping solve “climate crisis”. But licenses are hard to get, and HPMAs…

12/04/2023

13/02/2023

Here is the programme for this year's North Ronaldsay Science Festival. Many thanks to British Science Week and North Isles Landscape Partnership Scheme for providing funding for our fun-filled weekend.

11/01/2023

Viking history infuses this pilgrimage trail taking in wild cliffs and ancient dwellings and ending at the UK’s most northerly cathedral, in Kirkwall