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Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson – Leaving St Kilda

At last we turn away, and see them
leading us: bow-riding dolphins,
our grey familiars,
and thirty gannets in a line
drawing straight from Boreray:
a gannet guard
for this far passage,
for the leaving of St Kilda.

A collaboration between folk musician Alasdair Roberts & poet Robin Robertson, from their album Hirta Songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2RUTp8vlkU

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #folksong #folkmusic #StKilda #islands

St Kilda
Witness History

Currently on BBC Sounds: In August 1930 the last inhabitants left their homes on the remote Scottish islands of St Kilda. It was the end of a traditional Gaelic-speaking community who were once believed to live at the end of the world. Simon Watts has been listening to some of their stories, as recorded in the BBC archives.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszmmk

#Scottish #history #Scotland #StKilda #islands

The last residents of St Kilda were evacuated by their own request in 1930, bringing to an end about 4000 years of human occupation. It is one of the few World Heritage Sites to hold mixed status for its cultural & natural qualities.

https://www.historicenvironment.scot/protect-and-care/protected-historic-places/world-heritage-sites/st-kilda/

#Scottish #history #Scotland #StKilda #Islands #WorldHeritageSite

Links for 8/27/26 | The Exotic Blog

https://www.kawentzmann.de/exotic-blog/asides/links-for-8-27-26/

#anthropology #islands #pacific #samoa #technology

A lovely reminder of the old ferries

https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/08/25/the-ferry-moving-between-two-worlds/

#BellaCaledonia #Scotland #Islands #Ferries #Memories

Thai basil, Chinese cabbage thriving in #Orkney

Everything from #chilis to #cucumbers is being grown at UHI Orkney, as part of an innovative experiment in vertical #farming

Dr Creissen reckons #plants have grown between two & three times as fast as they would in a normal #polytunnel

You can grow pretty much anything in this system if you have the space

https://orcadian.co.uk/thai-basil-and-chinese-cabbage-thriving-in-orkney/

#food #gardening #growing #hydroponics #VerticalFarming #Scotland #islands

Links for 8/23/26 | The Exotic Blog

https://www.kawentzmann.de/exotic-blog/asides/links-for-8-23-26/

#alaska #anthropology #archeology #asia #california #canada #climate_change #indonesia #islands #pollution #polynesia #sri_lanka #technology

Zoo Plucks 21 Snails From Extinction and Returns Hundreds to Pristine Atlantic Island (WATCH)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/zoo-plucks-21-snails-from-extinction-and-returns-hundreds-to-pristine-atlantic-island-watch/

scratch
#islands #scotland #nature #lismore #sheep

More funny stuff on Lismore: the neighbors' ducks scandalized by the closed garden gate.
#scotland #islands #lismore #ducks #nature

Funny stuff on Lismore
#islands #scotland #lismore #fun

Port Ramsey, Lismore - this is so beautiful I could cry #scotland #islands #lismore #nature

#islands #scotland #lismore #nature

#scotland #islands #nature #lismore

#islands #scotland #lismore #nature

Lismore impressions
#scotland #lismore #islands #nature

France's forgotten Charentaise islands: oyster shacks, pine forests and sleepy villages off the tourist trail

https://www.cntraveller.com/article/charentaise-islands-france

#travel #france #islands

Geolocating a random island using geometry and CUDA programming

https://yassa9.github.io/osint/gralhix-004/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49360545

#HackerNews #geolocation #geometry #CUDA #programming #islands #technews

The French Side of Saint Martin Has the Caribbean Vacation You’re Looking For, With Beach Days, Island Adventure, and Some of the Best Food on Earth

A cook turns ribs over a smoking grill in Grand Ca…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #DinnerTonight #Frenchdinner #Caribbean #dinner #francais #france #French #islands
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2776798/the-french-side-of-saint-martin-has-the-caribbean-vacation-youre-looking-for-with-beach-days-island-adventure-and-some-of-the-best-food-on-earth/

The French Side of Saint Martin Has the Caribbean Vacation You’re Looking For, With Beach Days, Island Adventure, and Some of the Best Food on Earth  https://www.diningandcooking.com/2776798/the-french-side-of-saint-martin-has-the-caribbean-vacation-youre-looking-for-with-beach-days-island-adventure-and-some-of-the-best-food-on-earth/ #Caribbean #dinner #francais #france #French #FrenchDinner #islands

270,000 Square Miles Around Easter Island to Become Indigenous-Managed Ocean Reserve

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/270000-square-miles-around-easter-island-to-become-indigenous-managed-ocean-reserve/

Fossilized coral seacliff, late afternoon, Atiu coastline, Cook Islands, South Pacific. May 1990. Atiu's coral reef grows directly from the shoreline and encircles the island. Eruptions from an undersea volcano have raised the inner portion to form these fossilized coral cliffs.

#photography #landscapephotography #seacliff #nature #tropics #ocean #seacoast #outhPacific #tropical #islands

A life full of passion and tradition

Culturamas über den Film #Islands des deutschen Regisseurs Jan-Ole Gerster: "Que un alemán se vea atraído por Canarias no es ninguna novedad. Lo hacen millones de turistas cada año buscando exactamente lo mismo: sol, playa y la promesa de una desconexión."

La isla que permanece cuando todos se marchan

https://www.culturamas.es/2026/08/14/islands-jan-ole-gerster-fuerteventura/

Ytri Island Retreat: monastic suites and kelp forests under the midnight sun in Norway's Træna archipelago

https://www.cntraveller.com/article/a-new-far-flung-retreat-in-a-norwegian-archipelago-is-reviving-community-and-connection-in-the-wild

#travel #norway #islands