Orkney
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Maeshowe
webcam site -see the winter solstice sunset live! |
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Official
Orkney Tourist Board site
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Represents
the tourism industry in Orkney
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Listen
to the local BBC radio station here. Broadcast Mon to Fri 07:30
to 08:00 - the most recent broadcast can be heard here |
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The
Orkney local weekly "rag" website - all the news
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Local
community-based site, with very active Bulletin Board
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Another
Orkney website full of useful information
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Sigurd
Towrie's Orkney website - well worth a look |
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Loads
of links all about Orkney
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Whether
by accident or by design you now have the privilege or misfortune
to arrive at John (aka Joe) Shearer’s new web site. |
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Netmums
is run on a voluntary basis by local mums with the majority
of the information being offered by netmums members, from their
own local experience. |
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Orkney
Rugby Football Club was founded in 1966. This very active club
plays teams from all over Scotland. |
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A
website devoted to Scapa Flow
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Orkney
Shopping |
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EvolvingOrkney
information and webcam site. Shop will be online during November
2006. |
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Photographer
Ken Amer's new site - film processing and all his services
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Secure
online shopping from Orkney's knitwear, hamper and quality
gifts shop
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Orkney
artist Jane Glue's website - prints, cards and other nice
things based on her watercolour paintings
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ORTAK
Jewellery online - "The essence of Scottish jewellery"
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Orkney
Hand Crafted Furniture specialises in Orkney chairs, a design
unique to the island and one which dates back hundreds of years. |
Orkney
Food & Drink |
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Orkney
Ice Cream is a truly delicious luxury ice cream made from the
finest natural ingredients
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High
quality traditionally reared lean beef from the Orkney Islands
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THE
ORKNEY BREWERY produces a fine range of cask, keg and bottled
beers, noted for their quality - and winning many prestigious
awards. |
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Highland
Park Distillery - the most northerly in Scotland |
Orkney
Holidays |
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DISCOVER
THE MAGIC OF ORKNEY with island experts Paul and Louise Hollinrake |
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Relaxed,
tailor-made wildlife and activity holidays a maximum of 4 guests
from organic farm base at Gerraquoy, South Ronaldsay |
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Highlighting
the tours and what there is to see and do. They can help you
organise your journey to the magical islands of Orkney and Shetland. |
Orkney
Accommodation
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Established
in 1987, the observatory's main purpose is to monitor the migrations
through, and populations of birds on, the island of North Ronaldsay. |
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Little
Bu is an STB *** property which is maintained to a very high
standard. It is extremely comfortable andis situated in Orphir
overlooking Scapa Flow |
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Genealogy
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Large
genealogy site relating to UK and Ireland. Much Orkney material
here for the researcher. A very good place to start. |
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New
site devoted to those wishing to research their Orkney roots |
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'South
Ronaldsay and Burray Civil Death Registers: Extracted Index'
was created by Lisa Conrad. |
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Origins.net
provides access to definitive databases of genealogical data
for online family history research. |
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Shetland
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Official
Shetland Islands Tourism site
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Superb
selection of Shetland gifts including Shetland lace, Fair Isle
knitwear, elegant jewellery, smoked salmon, Shetland lamb, crafts,
books, music CDs etc. |
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The
Shetlandic is the traditional tongue of Shetlanders and like
Orcadian is a form of Insular Scots with much Old Norse influence
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Western
Isles
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www.visithebrides.com |
Western Isles Tourist
Board site |
www.hebceltfest.com |
Hebridean
Celtic Festival - a welcoming, friendly location
in a large marquee set in the beautiful grounds of Lews Castle,
preferential ticket prices for families, an informal, unseated
and unregimented audience area, and the valuable partnership
of likeminded community groups and individuals who deliver the
programme of events all contribute to making this a real "community"
event. |
www.innsegall.co.uk |
The
website associated with our Western Isles Guide Book which will
be launched on publication of the book in late June 2002 |
www.witb.co.uk |
Western
Isles Tourist Board official site |
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Yacht
charter on the west coast of scotland - wonderful cruising
grounds with many islands to visit - much recommended
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Websites
by us
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Castlebay
Hotel on the Isle of Barra |
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Royal
Oak House in Kirkwall |
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Doune
Braes Hotel on the Isle of Lewis |
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Stonequoy
- a quality B&B on the island of Hoy
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Site
on the Orkney island of Westray
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Scottish
Islands
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Fair
Isle-based site - Scottish Islands Explorer is designed to
serve as a portal for people with an interest and a passion
for the islands of Scotland. The new magazine is published
bimonthly.
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Caithness
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Caithness
community website
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Travel
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P&O
Scottish Ferries - to Orkney and Shetland
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The
new ferry service to Orkney and Shetland which takes over in
October 2002 |
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Caledonian
MacBrayne - ferries to all of the Hebrides
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History
& Archaeology
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A
fascinating site devoted to the Old Norse language
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Historic
Scotland's many Orkney and Scottish monuments
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The
definitive guide to Viking resources on the internet |
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Megalithic
Portal live news, comment, gazetteer, links, forum, directory,
Stone Circles CD-ROM, art, cards, gifts
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Archaeology
on the Net Web Ring |
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Stone
Circle Web Ring |
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Promoting
archaeology in Orkney |
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Scottish
Interest
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Scottish
monthly Journal. Much of interest and many good links. |
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Everything
happening on Hogmanay and over the New Year in Scotland |
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The
Scottish Tourist Board (now calling itself VisitScotland) main
site |
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Miscellaneous
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All
about sundials around the world |
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Japan
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The
Kanayama Megaliths are the first sites in Japan where a systematic
archaeoastronomical investigation has been done |
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Site
with lots of interesting and "different" things
about Japan
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Japan
National Tourist Organization User gateway to Japan |
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Spain
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Learn Spanish in Spain at the Colegio Maravillas |
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Solstice
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Site
with many links to other solstice events
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Computer
Gaming
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Thorfinn's
computer gaming site |
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Photography
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All
the latest in digital photography and imaging news |
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