A long-awaited party
Sep. 30th, 2013 11:48 amToday is the two hundredth anniversary of John Rae, the arctic explorer. I've written before about Rae, and how we ran into some early celebrations in Stromness. A new statue has been unveiled at the pierhead - though as far as I can judge from photographs I prefer both his memorial in St Magnus Cathedral and this wonderful structure:
From the photostream of Orquil on Flickr, who has posted a whole series of great pictures on the subject.
From the photostream of Orquil on Flickr, who has posted a whole series of great pictures on the subject.

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Date: 2013-09-30 05:08 pm (UTC)I like that a lot.
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Date: 2013-10-01 08:13 am (UTC)