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This Ovaltine Loaf from the Deerness SWRI recipe book is easy to make and is an ideal treat with a cup of tea or coffee. It has a lovely malt taste, and is both moist and salty, and peppered with juicy raisins.
In the summer of 2019 Orcadian storyteller Tom Muir and his wife Rhonda launched the Orkney Folklore Trail App together. This is a brilliant resource for discovering Orkney’s places and its fascinating folklore. NorthLink asked them all about it and got a tale or two…
Egilsay is tied to one of the most well-known stories in Orkney’s history; the martyrdom of St Magnus. However it is also a fantastic place to visit for a day; and we loved exploring the island, seeing the cenotaph, St Magnus Chruch, the RSPB reserve and the brilliant beach.
Deerness Distillery create ‘Sea Glass’ gin and ‘Into the Wild’ vodka. Owner Stuart Brown told us about the importance of taking your time to get things just right!
This method of making jam should work for any fruit. I have made this with strawberries, raspberries, and rhubarb before and each time it worked. This Rhubarb and Ginger jam was my Granny Cursiter’s signature recipe when I was growing up!
100 years ago, the German navy did the unthinkable: it deliberately sank 52 of its own ships in one day. The scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919 was a deliberate act of sabotage at the end of the First World War.
We love visiting Orkney’s North Isles; each one is quite different from the other and from the Orkney Mainland. We have picked out the one thing you must see when visiting; a highlight for each of North Isles. We hope you agree with our choices!
VS Distillers create bottles of hand-crafted rum, named after Orkney’s pirate, John Gow. NorthLink were pleased to speak to Collin Van Schayk, who spoke passionately about distilling Scottish rum.
The Brough of Birsay is a tidal island in Orkney which can be reached by a causeway when the tide is low. On the island there are the remains of a Viking settlement, the earlier Pictish community and many puffins!
