1st November – MV Pentalina arrives in Stromness on a grey, dreich afternoon. It’s looking a bit sad and tired after providing the St Margaret’s Hope to Gill’s Bay service for many years. The new MV Alfred is now in service on the route, see October 15th post.
Hopefully they can find a good use for this old boat and not let it rust away.
4th November – Orkney.com posted a nice, little video of Stromness. It has a little snippet in the Museum. Not sure if it will work for everyone as it was on Twitter.
5th November – Thrilled to see these gorgeous Waxwings in a Stromness garden this morning.
Winter migrants from Scandinavia, they arrive to scoff berries, rosehips and, in this case, apples in people’s gardens.
22nd November – Polish night at the Hamnavoe restaurant. Really good food. The Kapusnyachyky were paticularly nice and, of course, who doesn’t like Ryba po Mazurska!
Washed down with cherry vodka and accompanied with a fun quiz. A good time was had by all.
24th November – Orkney.com have published their 2020 Orkney Visitor’s Guide. It can be viewed using the link below.
https://www.orkney.com/plan/visitor-guides
There’s also an opportunity to win a holiday in Orkney. What’s not to like!
28th November – The Museum’s winter exhibition is now underway. Entitled Carry on Collecting: New Acquisitions it features various artefacts that the Museum has received this year.
Amongst the items are these beautifully carved Peruvian tagua nuts from the Arthur Arcus collection, donated by his family.
Also acquired recently is George Mackay Brown‘s O.B.E., awarded in 1974. This is particularly nice as he lived in a flat opposite the Museum for many years.
Scapa Views 
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