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7 February 2012
Caithness Man Finds Stash Of Ancient Coins - STV
Mike Aitken from
Killimster has discovered a number of coins dating from the 13th
century. The find was made using a metal detector. This was
featured on STV news last night.
VALENTINES FUN DAY - TUESDAY 14 FEBRUARY - 2.00pm TO 4.00pm - DRILL HALL, CASTLETOWN
MICKEY AND MINNIE MOUSE - FROM 2.30pm TO 3.00pm
 
Bouncy Castle, Face Painting, Cake Decorating, Valentine Card Making, Stalls and more....
Admission £1 - Funds for Castletown Youth Club
Hi-Scot Credit Union Crosses "The Pond"
Highlands and Islands Credit Union under the
name Hi-Scot has now passed 2000 members and is growing fast.
They have just launched a pre-paid debit card - very handy.
6 February 2012
Way To The West - Kinlochbervie
  
East Sutherland Photos
Winter In Sutherland - A Few Years Ago
4 February 2012
Caithness Science Fair 2012 - 10th & 11th March
2012 marks the 10th Caithness International Science Festival - to
celebrate this milesstone, over the weekend of 10 & 11 March 2012,
Science O3 will be hosting a Science Fair, comprising talks,
demonstrations, displays and workshops. There will be talks by Stuart
Munro, Scientific Director of Dynamic Earth Edinburgh, Alison McLure of
the Institute of Physics and Ian Rae from the Scottish Association for
Marine Science.
DSRL, MeyGen, STEM and
Lifescan will also be hosting displays highlighting their current work,
while UHI's Derek Gorrie will be bringing a robotic arm for people to
test their skills on. Workshops
will be offering the Highland Solar System, Scratch computer
programming and K'nex challenges. There will also be displays from the
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, local Countryside Rangers and
Caithness Astronomy Group, while our very own "Tugmistress", Paula
Fisher, will be demonstrating her weather station and charts. There
will also be displays of digital photography technology, as well as the
chance to make a bandroller and construct molecular models. There will be plenty to make, discover and enjoy.
3 February 2012
Wick Harbourfest 2012 Is Coming In June - Take a Look Back To Earlier Photos
  
Some new photos from Noel Donaldson to start this flashback to
earlier harbourfests to highlight the bigger and better than ever Wick
Harbourfest 2012 in June to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee.
Search begins for Wick Diamond Jubilee HarbourFest Queen
For a Few Smiles Hop Over To Our Local EEJITS
One of our forum memebrs
linked to this local web site. George Mackay who hails from near
John O'Groats has created a host of EEJITS and you can browse them all,
add comments to his forum, buy a book of Eejits and more having a few
laughs along the way.
    
NEW MODERN JIVE CLASSES
Learn a new skill that’s fun, helps
you get fit and is a great way of meeting new people – no partners are
required. The biggest draw back of some dances, if your new to
dancing, is that you spend time and money learning the moves but then
find there is nowhere to put what you have learnt into practice. This
is where Modern Jive comes into it’s own, because it can be danced to a
huge variety of music from Rock & Roll to Salsa, R & B to
Country, Swing to Jazz and even to Reggae. Not
only does the variety of music make Modern Jive more pleasurable to
dance to but the basic footwork is simple and easily learnt, even if
you’ve two left feet!! So
start something new for the New Year with Steve Hicks who has been
teaching dance in the North for the past 6 years. Steve will be
starting up new beginners classes from 7:00 to 8:30PM in Thurso at the Girl Guides Hall on Tuesday 7th February. Classes cost £5/person
29 January 2012
Roof Repairs At Wick St Fergus Church After Stormy Weather
 
Evening
Classes
Hatching Out
Basketry Workshops
  
28 January 2012
Stormy Views From Wick Bay Click View Full Size immediately below each photo for a bigger view
  
WICK BAY always looks spectacular when winter storms hit the bay and the waves crash against the pier.
Earlier Years -
January 2001
January 2001
December 2002
November 2003
Across Caithness in January 2005
2011 - Noel Donaldson's Prize Winning Photo
It has always been Stormy at Wick
1873 - Harbour extension work was so badly damaged that the scheme is abandoned after £150,000 had been spent on it.
Helen Mowat in her article on Caithness Lighthouses wrote -
From 1780 onwards,
lighthouses and lightships were built. In the days of sail the tidal
streams flowing through the Pentland Firth earned the title "Hell's
Mouth", and following an uninterrupted succession of storms in 1782
reports on the need for lighthouses in the Pentland Firth area were
considered by a Parliamentary committee appointed to into the state of
British Fisheries. This led to the establishment, in 1786, of the
Commission on Northern Lights.
If its not stormy its snowy
December 2011
December 2010
Big Freeze - February 2009
Beautiful Winter Scenes in 2007
Lybster March 2005
December 2001
For many other weather scnenes on Caithness.org just type winter or snow or storm into the Google search box on the left.
27 January 2012
Wick Harbourfest 2012 For The Diamond Jubilee
The Wick Diamond Jubilee HarbourFest will
be a far north community celebration of the Diamond Jubilee Flotilla
and will be held at Wick Harbour on Friday 15th, Saturday 16th and
Sunday 17th June 2012. The Diamond Jubilee HarbourFest Queen and
Royal Court will be chosen from local school children and the harbour
will be filled with local and visiting vessels specially decorated for
the Diamond Jubilee Harbourfest.
Search begins for Wick Diamond Jubilee HarbourFest Queen
The search has begun for
the 2012 Wick Diamond Jubilee HarbourFest Queen and
Ladies-in-Waiting. Wick Harbourfest Committee hope to attract
aspiring HarbourFest Queen applicants from the senior girls attending
Wick High School. In addition to the Wick Diamond Jubilee
HarbourFest Queen, the Committee is also seeking two Ladies-in-Waiting
to escort the Queen on her regal duties during the Diamond Jubilee
Harbourfest Weekend on 16th & 17th June 2012.
Photos from Previous Harbourfests
Harbourfest 2009 Saturday
Harbourfest 2009 - Herring Queen Ceremonies
Harbourfest 2007
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