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The Trows of #Orkney and #Shetland
What is a #Trow?
According to Saxby and Edmondston’s 'Home of a #Naturalist’ (1888):
“This interesting race of #supernatural beings is closely allied to the #Scandinavian #Trolls, but has some very distinctive characteristics of its own. The Trow is not such a mischief-making #sprite as the Troll, is more #human-like in some respects, and his #nature seems cast in a #morbid, #melancholy mould.”
https://faeryfolklorist.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-trows-of-orkney-and-shetland.html
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Hype for the Future 87B: The Isolated Islands of Europe
Introduction The North Sea is home to the Orkney, Shetland, and Faroe Island territories. Orkney and Shetland are today part of Scotland, while the Faroe Islands are today part of Denmark. However, all three (3) island chains effectively appear the same geographically, with mostly cultural differences separating the three island chains. The Orkney Islands are the furthest south and are immediately north of Caithness on the Scottish mainland, while the Shetland Islands to the north represent […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/hype-for-the-future-87b-the-isolated-islands-of-europe/
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Hype for the Future 87B: The Isolated Islands of Europe
Introduction The North Sea is home to the Orkney, Shetland, and Faroe Island territories. Orkney and Shetland are today part of Scotland, while the Faroe Islands are today part of Denmark. However, all three (3) island chains effectively appear the same geographically, with mostly cultural differences separating the three island chains. The Orkney Islands are the furthest south and are immediately north of Caithness on the Scottish mainland, while the Shetland Islands to the north represent […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/hype-for-the-future-87b-the-isolated-islands-of-europe/
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Hype for the Future 87B: The Isolated Islands of Europe
Introduction The North Sea is home to the Orkney, Shetland, and Faroe Island territories. Orkney and Shetland are today part of Scotland, while the Faroe Islands are today part of Denmark. However, all three (3) island chains effectively appear the same geographically, with mostly cultural differences separating the three island chains. The Orkney Islands are the furthest south and are immediately north of Caithness on the Scottish mainland, while the Shetland Islands to the north represent […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/hype-for-the-future-87b-the-isolated-islands-of-europe/
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Hype for the Future 87B: The Isolated Islands of Europe
Introduction The North Sea is home to the Orkney, Shetland, and Faroe Island territories. Orkney and Shetland are today part of Scotland, while the Faroe Islands are today part of Denmark. However, all three (3) island chains effectively appear the same geographically, with mostly cultural differences separating the three island chains. The Orkney Islands are the furthest south and are immediately north of Caithness on the Scottish mainland, while the Shetland Islands to the north represent […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/hype-for-the-future-87b-the-isolated-islands-of-europe/
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Du gies hooseroom tae a swap o scarfs,
lodgins ta mallies. A shjalder swanks
apo dy shooder…—Christine De Luca, “Growin Auld (Wasterwick)”
published in WAST WI DA VALKYRIES (Shetland Library, 1997)https://www.christinedeluca.co.uk/pages/wast_wi_da_valkyries
#Scottish #literature #Scotstober #poem #poetry #Shetland #Shetlandic #Scots #Scotslanguage
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#UKGovernment admits new #OilField approved unlawfully
James Cook
BBC Scotland editor
November 13, 2024"The UK government has admitted in court that the country's largest untapped oilfield, #Rosebank off #Shetland, was approved unlawfully.
"The move came during a case brought by #ClimateCampaigners against both Rosebank and the #JackdaGasField in the #NorthSea.
"At the Court of Session in Edinburgh Chris Pirie KC, for the government, accepted that assessments did not include 'the effects on climate of the combustion of oil and gas to be extracted from the fields.'
"Rosebank was given the green light on 27 September 2023 and Jackdaw on 1 June 2022, both by the previous #Conservative administration.
"As part of the consenting process, the government was required to consider #EnvironmentalImpact assessments about the fields.
"These took into account the impact on #ClimateChange of emissions caused by the process of extracting oil and gas but not of #GreenhouseGases which would be released when the #FossilFuels were eventually burned."
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"The firms involved — #Shell, #Equinor, and #IthacaEnergy — say they should be allowed to carry on with drilling because permission was granted in good faith under the law as it was understood at the time."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2dxqd1pyo#BigOilAndGas #ShellOilKnew #NoDrillingInTheNorthSea #JustStopOil
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(A headline I wouldn't have dreamt of just a few years ago ...) German company aims for rocket launch every month from #Shetland Islands: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/unst-augsburg-falcon-uk-space-agency-b2486380.html -#RocketFactoryAugsburg is one of several firms planning to use launch pads at #SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst.
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#Coastguard response times could quadruple under new plans
Controversial new proposal from #Bristow’s a private, profit motivated company Tories contracted to #privatize the service
Coastguard will have 60 min to launch after call is made
Currently they have 15 min during day, 45 min at night
This will risk lives
https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2023/10/06/coastguard-response-times-could-quadruple-under-new-plans
#ToryScum #CutsKill #Rescue #Shetland #Maritime #UK #greed #ToryDictatorship #Privatization #SearcjRescue #OilRigs #Ships #CruiseShips #PeopleNotProfits