#stromness

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Saturday 6 September 2025

At least three different species of fern were growing on this shaded stone wall including Asplenium trichomanes (maidenhair spleenwort), Asplenium scolopendrium (hart's tongue fern) and Dryopteris filix-mas (male fern). They certainly created a great wild addition to the urban landscape of Stromness, Orkney.

Jill Raggett

[vintageeurope]

Stromness, Scotland 1910/20

[scholarofgloom]

[bluesman56]

Stromness Orkney: Roof tops by Tony Via Flickr: The name Kirkwall comes from the Norse name Kirkjuvágr (Church Bay), which later changed to Kirkvoe, Kirkwaa and Kirkwall. Kirkwall was formerly the site of an ancient Norse town founded approximately 1000 years ago.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Dragonstone by Pep Sanchez Via Flickr: Under the dwelling of the heir to the Iron Throne, Aegon the Conqueror prayed before undertaking the conquest of the Seven Kingdoms.

[scotianostra]

Good Morning from Scotland 

Day break over Stromness by Jamie Bodley-Scott Via Flickr:

[on-misty-mountains]

Stromness and ferry to Hoy, Orkney

[elvisomar]

Near Stromness, Main Island, Orkney, Scotland. Top: Yesnaby coast, Bottom: Ring of Brodgar.