7th September – The shore at Warebeth is littered with evidence of the effects of wind, waves and time. Patterned rock displaying an ancient sea bed that has dried out, cracked and then been frozen in time.
Adjacent is an example of the artistic hand of wind and waves, with a nicely grouped collection of sea-rounded pebbles. I couldn’t have done a more artistic job myself.
Time and tide shows no mercy to man-made objects. These rusty old pieces have a sculptural quality. They are the remains of a Norwegian vessel, Norholmen, that ran aground in November 1966.
13th September – After the recent stormy weather that we’ve been having, Hoy Sound was like a mill pond this morning. Ideal for a bit of kayaking and a great way of getting close to the seabirds.
14th June – Further to our little post in June 2018, it’s been announced that the Microsoft server experiment has completed and the submerged cylinder has been retrieved from the test site at Billia Croo, which is about 3km outside Stromness.
Apparently the trial has been a great success, with only 8 out of the 855 servers on board failing.
It certainly looks like it’s been on the seabed for over two years.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54146718
15th September – OIC Marine Services took delivery this morning of two new tugs. Odin of Scapa and Thor of Scapa were built in Turkey at a cost of £6.1 million each. Shame they couldn’t have been built more locally.
After 17 days at sea their 3,500 mile journey from Istanbul ended in Stromness. They received a traditional Orkney welcome – rain!
20th September – Orkney.com have produced this nice little video highlighting Summer 2020 in Orkney.
Scapa Views 
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