Tag: Rousay

  • The Rousay Clearances

    The Rousay Clearances

    The Rousay Clearances – Exodus from the Egypt of the North For the 2020 St. Andrew’s Fair Saturday, Fiona Grahame and myself will be holding an exhibition of text and images concerning the Rousay Clearances. The exhibition is held in association with Cary Welling and Northlight Gallery, and we will be taking donations in aid…

  • Pilgrimage to Egilsay

    Pilgrimage to Egilsay

    Pilgrimage to Egilsay Egilsay is a small, sparsely populated island in Orkney, where the people seem to be heavily outnumbered by the horse-flies. There are a few small farms which face an uncertain future as Brexit threatens the EU farming subsidies they depend on for survival. Part of Egilsay is a protected habitat for the…

  • Dark light at the Broch of Gurness

    Dark light at the Broch of Gurness

    These photos were taken at the Broch of Gurness in Evie, in the West Mainland of Orkney. It was a clear starry night and there was faint aurora borealis visible to the North behind Rousay. The photos are long exposures capturing light created by people with torches. The Broch of Gurness is an Iron Age…