Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
![]() |
|
uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) (uk.sci.weather) For the discussion of daily weather events, chiefly affecting the UK and adjacent parts of Europe, both past and predicted. The discussion is open to all, but contributions on a practical scientific level are encouraged. |
Reply |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
Two photographs taken in Stromness, Orkney just after sunrise yesterday
morning can be seen at http://www.orcadian.co.uk/ Scroll down until you come to them. -- MCC |
#2
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
On 29/09/2010 18:35, MCC wrote:
Two photographs taken in Stromness, Orkney just after sunrise yesterday morning can be seen at http://www.orcadian.co.uk/ Scroll down until you come to them. They've now moved to the "More of this week's headlines" link, but I've found them. The building looks familiar. Is it the hotel that looks out over the Harbour? If it is, I have spent a couple of nights in one of the rooms in the front with a harbour view. The Orkneys are one of my favourite places and I look forward to visiting again some day. From the angle and the time of day given, the interpretation of the "Orcadian" would be spot on and the high ground responsible would be Ward Hill on Hoy (famous for its "Old Man" stack which you sail past on the ferry from Scrabster to Stromness), the highest ground in those parts at over 2000 feet asl. For the benefit of others on this newsgroup, the rest of the Orkney group is generally much lower so Hoy is for this purpose an "isolated mountain". If the wind was from the west or south-west the effect would be enhanced by the high cliffs which Hoy presents to the Atlantic on that side. "Ward Hill" is one of those common names which appear all over that part of the world, usually referring to the highest hill in the area - if memory serves me correctly even the Orkneys have at least one more on another island. Another peculiarity is "County March Summit", of which there are a number on the Scottish Highland railway network. -- - Yokel - Yokel posts via a spam-trap account which is not read |
#3
![]() |
|||
|
|||
![]()
Yokel wrote:
On 29/09/2010 18:35, MCC wrote: Two photographs taken in Stromness, Orkney just after sunrise yesterday morning can be seen at http://www.orcadian.co.uk/ Scroll down until you come to them. They've now moved to the "More of this week's headlines" link, but I've found them. The building looks familiar. Is it the hotel that looks out over the Harbour? If it is, I have spent a couple of nights in one of the rooms in the front with a harbour view. The Orkneys are one of my favourite places and I look forward to visiting again some day. Yes, that's the Stromness Hotel at the Pier Head. From the angle and the time of day given, the interpretation of the "Orcadian" would be spot on and the high ground responsible would be Ward Hill on Hoy (famous for its "Old Man" stack which you sail past on the ferry from Scrabster to Stromness), the highest ground in those parts at over 2000 feet asl. Slight correction - Ward Hill on Hoy is 1571 feet asl. For the benefit of others on this newsgroup, the rest of the Orkney group is generally much lower so Hoy is for this purpose an "isolated mountain". If the wind was from the west or south-west the effect would be enhanced by the high cliffs which Hoy presents to the Atlantic on that side. "Ward Hill" is one of those common names which appear all over that part of the world, usually referring to the highest hill in the area - if memory serves me correctly even the Orkneys have at least one more on another island. Another peculiarity is "County March Summit", of which there are a number on the Scottish Highland railway network. Yes, there's a Ward Hill in Orphir on the Orkney mainland. -- MCC |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Unusual Cloud Formation | uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) | |||
City of Long Beach under unusual cloud formation this morning as seen from Seal Beach Pier @ 10:13 AM | alt.binaries.pictures.weather (Weather Photos) | |||
Spectacular cloud formation spotted. What are these??? (0/1) | sci.geo.meteorology (Meteorology) | |||
Wave cloud formation over BI just now (1300Z) | uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) | |||
impressive cloud formation | uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) |