@nessbattery.bsky.social
On the outskirts of Stromness, Orkney. This important relic of Orkney’s wartime heritage once defended Scapa Flow against enemy attack. For information on guided tours: nessbattery.co.uk
Open again today 11-4.
Guided tour at 2pm.
For details see hmstern.co.uk
Wednesday 8th Jan…
Come to the Birsay Hall to hear about Birsay Heritage Trust’s new development plan for @hmstern.bsky.social
From 3pm onwards, with a presentation at 6pm.
#orkney #history #ww2
Birsay Heritage Trust hope to develop HMS TERN.
There’ll be a Community Design Workshop at the Birsay Community Hall on Wed 8th January. From 3.00pm til 5.30pm this will be a drop-in session, then at 6.00pm a presentation, followed by Q&A.
facebook.com/@HMSTernOrkney
info@hmstern.co.uk
Hoy Sound from No.2 Emplacement, Ness Battery.
Ward Hill, Cuilags, Kame of Hoy.
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20.11.2024 13:52 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Tropical sooth down there…
(Just a dusting in Sandwick!)
Didn’t get any Orkney snow pics today, but here’s one of the Orkney Brewery in Jan 2020…
18.11.2024 21:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0View from Ness Battery yesterday. Hoy Sound always spectacular. Spot the hardy Stromness golfers at the end.
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Quite brisk at Yesnaby today.
#bracing #Orkney
I’m offering a special site tour at both @nessbattery.bsky.social and @hmstern.bsky.social as two separate lots in BBC Radio Orkney’s Children In Need auction.
The tours are for four people each, at a time to be arranged to suit the winners.
Listen in to Radio Orkney on Friday pm to bid.
