Tag: West Mainland

  • Happy Valley – tribute to Edwin Harrold

    Happy Valley – tribute to Edwin Harrold

    A tribute to Edwin Harrold Cartoon created for The Orkney News column in the July 2018 edition of iScot magazine, written by Fiona Grahame. The quote, “What you don’t have, you don’t miss,” comes from an interview with Edwin Harrold’s former neighbour Ruby Spence, as outlined here. Edwin Harrold was by all accounts quite a…

  • 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…