Orkneys

"Orkneys" as the place of rendezvous, and in four days she was there, in

If, Yes and Perhaps Four Possibilities and Six Exaggerations with Some Bits of Fact Edward Everett Hale 1865

On 15 September 1955, three marines and a civilian scientist from the Royal Navy's new survey ship HMS Vidal were winched from a helicopter on to a tiny, pyramid-shaped outcrop of granite sticking out of the Atlantic Ocean 240 miles west of the Orkneys.

'Hello Mum, I'm on Rockall': The £100bn piece of rock 2011

Rockall isa stormy crag 240miles off the Orkneys, and the last possession of the British empire.

'Hello Mum, I'm on Rockall': The £100bn piece of rock 2011

Rockall is a stormy crag 240 miles off the Orkneys, and the last land grab of the British empire.

'Hello Mum, I'm on Rockall': The £100bn piece of rock 2011

With this resolution I traversed the northern highlands, and fixed on one of the remotest of the Orkneys as the scene of my labours.

Chapter 19 2010

Similarly, while the silence and emptiness of the Orkneys were beautifully filmed and described, we saw little of the darkness and the storms that are as much part of the landscape as they are of his music.

Max: A Musical Portrait of Peter Maxwell Davies - review 2011

A rock and a hard place: Rockall, the Atlantic crag 240 miles west of the Orkneys.

'Hello Mum, I'm on Rockall': The £100bn piece of rock 2011

With this resolution I traversed the northern highlands, and fixed on one of the remotest of the Orkneys as the scene of my labours.

Chapter 2 2010

Highland Park 18 Orkneys single-malt scotch whisky ($100)

Spirits: Desert island bottles 2010

I imagine you could hide out in relative calm on the Orkneys for a few years, as long as you could make something grow.

Cheeseburger Gothic » Barnes and Noble Challenge. 2010