We are looking forward to the Orkney Science Festival event at Hoy Kirk.

FRIDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 7:30-9:30pm

The Rising Tide

See images from a lost world on the seabed around the islands, with traces going back as far as 10,000 years. Hear the story of the changing sea levels and the latest underwater findings from the underwater team: Caroline Wickham-Jones, Sue Dawson, Richard Bates and Martin Bates.

Friday evening ferry from Stromness 5.45 pm, back from Moaness in Hoy 10 pm, details from Orkney Ferries 01856 872044.
Sponsored by Scapa Flow Landscape Partnership Scheme

This event is free and we will be enjoying homemade soup, bannocks and Arctic Char from Rackwick.

And that’s not the only Hoy connection at this year’s festival…

On WEDNESDAY 7 SEPTEMBER there will be a One O’Clock Toast at the Peedie Kirk, Kirkwall.The man being toasted is James Sinclair, the botanist from the Bu (see our exhibition at Hoy Kirk) and the man toasting him is the Bu’s Terry Thomson.

Here’s to you both!

photograph from waters near the island of Damsay. Image from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8416600.stm