the blether [ˈblɛðə] – the newsletter of the community of Hoy and Walls

DECEMBER 2016 ISSUE 30

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Welcome to the thirtieth issue of THE BLETHER.

We can't quite believe that we've managed to fill so many issues but here we are at number 30! You can find a selection of past events from earlier issues on pages X and X [back is-sues can be found at www.hoyorkney.com/the-blether-hoys-newsletter/ or www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/iohdt/.

We would like to thank all our contributors who have sent us interesting and informative items and great photos for inclusion. Please do continue and if there is anything YOU would like to share with the community – reviews, nature items, amazing pictures, just about anything – then we'd love to hear from you. Contact details for fur-ther information or for contributions can be found on the back page.

THE BLETHER would like to wish you all a Happy Christmas

and all best wishes for 2017!

The IoHDT Community Fund and the Training and Learning Fund are both open for applications.

Applications to the Training and Learning Fund can be undertaken at anytime, with decisions usually made within a week.

HOY DANCERS NEWS

THIRTIETH ISSUE !

Many thanks to the people who are keen to dance and came along. We will be back dancing again on 9

th January 2017 – so if

you feel like joining in you will be made most welcome. The Fringe Event will be upon us too before we know it – Wednes-day 12

th April 2017.

Mabel j Besant

Since 26th September we have had such

good fun dancing in the YM on a Monday evening. We finished the 2016 session with a social evening on 5

th December and a cou-

ple of friends and family came to join in the festivities. The evening began with mulled wine or juice then at half time we had a bril-liant bring and share supper. This was pep-pered with our favourite dances throughout the evening.

IOHDT COMMUNITY FUND

The next deadline for applications to the Community Fund is 16th February 2017. Application forms can requested from the Trust office and any queries should be emailed to chair.iohdt@gmail.com.

For more information about either fund and on how to apply, please contact the Trust office, 01856 701356.

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Hoy – Your Choice How could you improve Hoy?

Do you have an idea that will make Hoy a better

place for everyone, under the headings and

themes of:

1) Leisure & recreation activities

2) Transport

3) Health &social care – enhancing community life

Do you need £200 to £2,300 to put your idea into action?

If the answer is “YES”! Then this could be your opportunity to make your

idea happen!

Deadlines for applications are:

5pm, Friday 13th January 2017

Applications forms can be picked up from the IoHDT office or emailed by

contacting Debs—debs@theblether.org.uk.

If you need assistance in completing the form, please contact your VAO

representative, Edwina Lloyd, on 872897

VAO has been awarded funding from Community Choices Fund, with contributions from commu-

nity planning partners, to deliver the Your Island Your Choice small grants programme - in

which each of the island communities decide for themselves which projects are needed on their

island.

Who can apply?

Any community/voluntary group, even informal groups can apply for funding from £200 to

£2,300

You don’t have to come from an existing group or constituted organisation to apply for funds

but all the activities have to happen in Hoy to benefit your community

Your ideas need to meet the identified key themes on page 1 of this document (agreed at

the community meeting on 29th Nov)

Your project must benefit as many people as possible

Your project must help make Hoy a better place for everyone

Large or small projects welcome

How to Apply?

If you need any help or support to complete this form, please contact VAO on 872897.

If your idea fits in with the identified themes, the community will vote for their favourite projects

at an event to be held in Hoy during February 2017. At that event you will be required to do a

short 2 to 3 minute presentation to your community about your project/activity, who will then

vote to decide which applicants should receive funding. Ballot boxes and voting forms will be

placed around the island (more details nearer the time) and you will have 2 weeks to vote for your

favourite projects. There will be a second island event, where the votes will be counted and results

announced.

YOUR ISLAND YOUR CHOICE

What a busy and exciting term we have had

this term at North Walls Community School!

Pupil Council

Whole school elections took place this term

and Joseph Thomson, Hamish Cannon, Hannah

Illingworth, Zachary Rhodes, Lora White and

Bryonie Besant were chosen to become our

new Pupil Council representatives. Below are a

few quotes on how they feel about this.

“I am looking forward to making changes by

listening to people’s ideas”. Joseph

“I am going to try and help the school develop

the tennis court because people keep getting

hurt”. Hannah

“I really want to work with others”. Lora

“My slogan is, ‘If you want something done,

Zach is the one’. Zachary

“It is really exciting helping to make changes

to our school”. Bryonie

P4-7 Trip to Storytelling Event

P4-7 had a great day at the Crofting Connec-

tions Storytelling day in Kirkwall library. Be-

low are some of the feedback comments from

the boys and girls.

‘I enjoyed tasting local food, I liked the ban-

nocks best’. Joseph

‘I liked making new friends when I was talking

about what happens on my island and compar-

ing it to my friend’s island, Stronsay’. Neve

‘When asked how I would change my island I

said that we should have a big garage and my

friends in Shapinsay wanted a swimming pool’.

Nuala

“I liked the storytelling and meeting friends

from other school, we thought it would be a

good idea to go and visit our friends in other

schools”. Hannah

“Crofting is a way of life in Hoy and I want to

keep it going”. Osmond

Bookbug

Nursery and P1-3 had a visit from Bookbug

this term. Bookbug is an engaging approach to

literacy and the boys and girls had great fun

with Lesley Spence sharing stories and singing

songs.

AN UPDATE FROM NORTH WALLS SCHOOL

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NORTH WALLS SCHOOL NEWS CONTINUED

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Christmas Dinner

We shared our Christmas Dinner with the

Haey Hope Club. Karen and Christine pre-

pared a delicious Christmas dinner and the

boys and girls provided entertainment. A

great time was had by all.

Funding

It is also with great excitement that I am

able to share several good news stories

with you all.

The first piece of fantastic news is that

our school has been lucky enough to be

awarded a substantial amount of funding

from the Island of Hoy Development

Trust and Cooke Aquaculture Scotland.

The funding received from these very

generous donations will enable us to buy

into a very successful reading programme

and will also mean that we can reconfigure

an old classroom into a new library with an

updated stock of books. Many thanks to

our Parent Council for helping to make all

this possible through their trust, support

and hard work.

This week we also heard that our applica-

tion to the Food for Thought Orkney Fund

has been successful. We have been

awarded £3000 towards the cost of a

new greenhouse, storage shed and garden

equipment.

Dancing

The boys and girls (and teachers) showed

great enthusiasm throughout their danc-

ing lesson with Mabel Besant. Mabel took

us all through the steps of ‘Strip the Wil-

low’ and the session ended with whole

school performance of the dance. The

boys and girls all agreed that Mabel was a

great dance teacher and that they would

really like to learn more dances.

Young Leaders Award

Kirsty Spence from Active Schools has

been coming into school every Tuesday

this term to undertake the Young Leaders

Award with our P6 & 7’s. The award pro-

motes responsibility, respect and toler-

ance, all essential leadership skills. It is

hoped that the boys and girls involved will

go on to develop and share these skills in

future activities with their peers.

Special Visitors

Next term our school is one of two in

Orkney who will receive a visit from the

Royal Observatory, Edinburgh as part of

the Tim Peake primary project. This visit

will fit in perfectly with our planned

learning of science experiences and out-

comes within the context of SPACE.

Watch THIS space for updates on all

these exciting developments.

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Coast Review Every five years the RNLI Operations Commit-tee conducts a programme of coast review. All lifeboat stations are included in this review and recently it was the turn of Longhope. The main aim of this review is to establish that the RNLI is meeting search and rescue needs and public donations are being used in the most effective way.

It was a very successful and interesting meeting which was led by the Chairman, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence. With members from RNLI Longhope volunteer lifeboat crew, the Management Committee and Lifeboat Guild, various issues were discussed including recent activities of the lifeboat and its performance, changes and developments in our area, community engagement and education in water safety, fundraising and the ongoing mod-ernization programme of the RNLI. Bazaars

It's that time of year when members of the guild have been busy organising and holding the an-nual bazaars to raise funds for the RNLI our charity that saves lives at sea. .

It is due to the marvellous generosity of the folk, businesses and shops who donate items to the bazaars and to those who come along to support us that makes these events such a success. Longhope bazaar raised £2030.38 with Graem-say and Flotta contributing a further £950.58. This brings the grand total for this year to £2980.96. Once again we are astonished at this total and Longhope lifeboat guild and lifeboat crew would like to say a special thank you to everyone who supports the RNLI at our various fundraising events throughout the year. Thank you. Casualty Care Course Ten crew members have recently completed a Casualty Care Course. This intensive and advanced training in First Aid was held for seven nights at the station and led by an RNLI instruc-tor from the RNLI College in Poole.

NEWS FROM RNLI LONGHOPE

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Well done particularly to our newest crew mem-bers Callum and William who performed excep-tionally well.

Other News Two of our volunteer crew members are away helping out at other lifeboat stations. Jamie Wild was at Aith in Shetland and is now at Port Pat-

rick and Angus Budge has been all over the place, to Buckie, Peterhead, Kirkwall and To-bermory. Jack Kirkpatrick, Stephen Rhodes, Dougie Ed-gar and John Budge have been attending vari-ous courses at the RNLI College, Poole. Jack - Trainee Crew Course, Stephen and Dougie – Navigation SAR Course and John has been on a Lifeboat Operations Manager course. Finally thank you to the guild and others who helped put together a hamper for Bob Simpson who has raised a substantial amount for the RNLI by selling used stamps. Thankfully he is recovering from his serious illness and was ex-ceedingly delighted with his gift.

Text and photos by Mary Harris

For anyone who has worked on the land full

�me for at least 10 years experiencing fuel pov-

erty (spending over 10% of your total earnings

on energy bills) can apply for assistance from

RSABI.

The RSABI “Help for Hea�ng Fund” provides

single grants throughout Scotland of £300 – the

aim being to alleviate the effect of fuel poverty

amongst people who have been or are depend-

ent on land-based occupa�ons.

RSABI recognises that many rural households

will be inadequately heated in the months to

come. With the weather changing and winter

around the corner, many people will be worry-

ing about paying their energy bills.

If you are worried about keeping your home

warm this winter, please call RSABI on 0300

111 4166 for more informa�on.

HELP FOR HEATING FUND

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This month sees the publica�on of the

30th

edi�on of The Blether.

To celebrate our Pearl Anniversary, we

look back at some events and happen-

ings which have appeared in the pages

of The Blether since the first copy ar-

rived in February 2012.

Feb 2012

Community Wind Turbine Update.

Having been first presented as a possibility in

2003 by Community Energy Scotland, the Hoy

Community Wind Turbine Generator was offi-

cially handed over by the supplier Enercon

GmBH of Germany on 8th

November 2011.

Following grant awards from Highlands and

Islands Enterprise and The Big Lo<ery Fund,

civil engineering works began in March 2011

and the founda�ons and access road were

completed by May. The main turbine compo-

nents arrived from Germany by ship and the

turbine was assembled and erected by the

end of June.

Big Lo�ery Fund News.

A bid to The BLF by The Hoy Development

Trust has recently been approved. This will

support several projects that build upon a

number of community priori�es highlighted in

a ques�onnaire circulated by the Trust. These

included full funding to support a Community

Bus Service and approval for design and plan-

ning costs for the refurbishment and upgrad-

ing of the YM. With the full involvement of

the YM commi<ee, it is proposed that the

kitchen is upgraded and a Community Cafe

created.

Aug 2013

Royal Visitor at the Gable End.

On July 4th

, HRH The Princess Royal started

her trip to Orkney with a visit to the Gable

End Theatre. ACer arriving by helicopter, the

THE BLETHER—30th issue

Princess Royal was introduced to some of the

theatre directors before being given a brief

history of the Gable End by Wright Atkinson,

one of the founder members.

Whilst viewing the auditorium, the Princess

was entertained by the Stromabank Pub

Choir. The Princess met key members of the

Hoy and Walls Entertainment Group before

talking to Ma�lda Simpson and Stella Kirkpat-

rick who were represen�ng the island’s young

musicians and actors. Ma�lda also presented

the Princess Royal with a small posy of garden

flowers.

RNLI Swim.

Here on our small island it is astonishing how

well we do at raising funds. We really have a

generous and dedicated community who con-

�nually support the lifeboat and guild. We

can also thank those that visit our islands.

They are maybe rela�ves, friends or passing

tourists and many of them quietly make do-

na�ons or raise funds for the RNLI.

One such example was the incredible spon-

sored swim across the bay by Helen Budge.

In just a few days, she raised £400 aCer swim-

ming from Longhope Pier to North Ness which

took Helen about 10 minutes.

June 2014

Hoy Half Marathon.

Once again there were perfect condi�ons on

Sunday June 15th

for the 28th

Hoy Half Mara-

thon. Although entry numbers were up to 170

the week before the race, 126 runners lined

up at the start for the race.

The winner was Paul Kerr in a �me of 1.22.24

with Aly Bain the first lady home in a course

record �me of 1.27.10 placing her third over-

all. This result was even more impressive giv-

en that she had been ‘blackened’ on the Fri-

day night before the race.

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New Informa(on panels at Lyness Royal Naval

Cemetery.

Three new Commonwealth War Graves Com-

mission informa�on panels were unveiled at

Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery on Saturday May

31st

.

The unveiling was carried out by Colin Kerr,

CWGC lead director for the centenary of the

First World War, CWGC area director and Cap-

tain Chris Smith RN Naval Regional Commander

for Scotland and Northern Ireland and OIC Vice

Convener James Foubister.

The panels at Lyness are among 500 to be in-

stalled at CWGC loca�ons worldwide and fea-

ture informa�on about the site of the cemetery

and a QR 9 (Quick Response) code, which, when

scanned with a smartphone provides access to

further informa�on including personal stories

of some of the casual�es buried or commemo-

rated there.

Aug 2015

Hoy Hoolie.

The first ever Hoy Hoolie took place this month.

The community party weekend, centred around

the YM, featured evening concerts with both

solo ar�sts and bands and on Saturday, a spe-

cial event for children.

The Shore Cafe served food throughout the

event and concert goers were able to camp just

a few minutes away from the venue.

The Hoolie was the brainchild of a group of

friends who wanted to see the local community

come together with a sense of fun and with a

pride in sharing this with visitors to the island.

Organiser Ian Davidson said ‘ We had around 70

volunteers helping out during the Hoolie and

we couldn’t have done it without them.’

Ian said that several Orkney businesses had

sponsored the event and three island business-

es gave prac�cal support by providing �cket out

lets, accommoda�on and food. Locals had also

provided accommoda�on and food for per-

formers and their families.

Ian added ‘’We wanted to put on a profession-

al, friendly and tradi�onal event and the feed-

back from performers, volunteers and visitors

suggests that we achieved that’’.

Oct 2015

HLF grant for St Johns.

The Friends of St Johns Trust Church has re-

ceived a confirmed grant of £106,300 from the

Heritage Lo<ery Fund.

The grant will allow the trustees to embark on a

repair, restora�on and rejuvena�on project

which will return the beau�ful atmospheric kirk

to its former glory.

St Johns is a non-denomina�onal kirk which will

once again be available for services weddings,

christenings and funerals.

It is intended that the vestry will primarily be a

room for quiet reflec�on or prayer and will also

be available for small public mee�ngs. The

porch will become a heritage room displaying

and holding local records relevant to the area.

The kirk will also host other cultural and social

events throughout the year.

Thank you for reading.

Roll on Issue 31!

ACTIVE L IFE INITIATIVE

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Taken from OIC website 21st Dec 2016

Being more active, more often, is now a more

affordable new year’s resolution with Orkney’s

“universal leisure card” scheme launching ear-

ly in 2017.

The joint 'ActiveLife' scheme between the

Pickaquoy Centre Trust and Orkney Islands

Council will start on 16 January, giving the

Orkney public access to 12 different facilities

across the county, with three affordable

membership options.

Members will be able to tap into a host of fa-

cilities, activities and fitness classes available

at the Pickaquoy Centre, the Council’s seven

Healthy Living based at the community

schools (North Walls, Rousay, Sanday,

Shapinsay, St Margarets Hope, Westray and

Stronsay Junior High), Stromness Swimming

Pool and Fitness Centre, KGS Sports Centre,

Stromness Squash Courts and the Dounby

Centre – all under the one card.

ActiveLife is initially being launched as a two

year pilot, which will be reviewed after the

first year.

Costs for an ‘ActiveLife’ membership will be:

Individual - £19.50 per month.

Family - £29.50 per month (two adults living

at the same address and any number of

children under 18).

Budget – 50p per person per activity (based

on receipt of certain benefits - terms and

conditions apply).

Memberships will include half price

‘Learn2Swim’ blocks for children, which can

be taken up at the Picky and Stromness

pools. For those who qualify for the Budget

membership, children will be eligible to attend

Learn2Swim blocks for 50p per lesson.

Similar schemes introduced in the Highlands,

Western Isles and Moray local council areas

have seen increased uptakes in memberships

at leisure facilities.

Activities available through the scheme in-

clude swimming; use of gyms, athletics track

and health suites; group exercise classes;

climbing; racket sports; and - for family

memberships - 'Jungle World' softplay at the

Picky, and kids inflateables and 'bouncy cas-

tle' sessions.

Chair of the Council’s Education, Leisure and

Housing Committee, Harvey Johnston, said:

“We hope the scheme will encourage many

people to take the first step to a more active

2017, and increase awareness of the facilities

and activities on offer in Orkney.”

Chair of the Pickaquoy Centre Trust, Stephen

Kemp, said: “Active Life will create many op-

portunities and options for people to enjoy the

great facilities in Orkney, at a low cost and

with added convenience.

"We look forward to seeing many new faces,

from all walks of life, at all 12 centres when

the scheme officially opens.”

More details on how to sign up will be made

available in coming weeks via the local media

and the Council’s ‘OIC Updates’ Facebook

page and the Picky Centre’s social media.

More information can be found on the OIC

website at:

http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Service-Directory/

S/active-life.htm

Craft Club— Fridays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm at

The Shore, Longhope

Next session 13th January 2016

All welcome - Adults £1; Children 50p

Tea, coffee, biscuits, gossip!

Computer Club at the Shore

Mondays 10.30 am to 12.30 pm

Back on 9th January 2017

Computers and tablets available to use during the club.

Tea, coffee and biscuits

Adults £1

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It was a really exciting day for us. First

we got our face paint on. Then we got our

costumes on, some of them looked funny

and others realistic. When we got on stage

everyone was really nervous. The audience

really enjoyed it (we hope!).

We thought Osmond’s dance was really

funny and Joseph singing “I can’t help fall-

ing in love with you”. Sometimes we made a

mistake but we just carried on. It was re-

ally hot in The Gable End but we still

coped with it.

Karl Reid did a great job of putting on the

songs and thank you to Magnus Thomson

for being a great stage manager. Thank

you to everyone else who helped us, we re-

ally appreciated it!

We were also really proud that the com-

munity helped the Parent Council and our

school raise over £900 towards school

funds and we were proud of ourselves for

raising over £60 on the craft stall, we en-

joyed making all the crafts.

Finally, we just want to wish everyone who

reads this a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

BY NUALA CANNON AND ANDREW

THOMSON ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE

AT NORTH WALLS SCHOOL.

Photos courtesy of Barry Jones

NORTH WALLS SCHOOL SUPERSTAR NATIVITY

GABLE END THEATRE

PROGRAMME 2017

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All performances start at 8pm, unless otherwise stated

JANUARY 7 January FILM: HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE (12A) A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. Starring Sam Neill. 21 January FILM: I, DANIEL BLAKE (15) A middle-aged carpenter who requires state welfare after injuring himself, joins forces with a single mother in a similar scenario. Directed by Ken Loach and starring Dave Johns and Hayley Squires. FEBRUARY 4 February FILM:THE EAGLE HUNTRESS (U) The Eagle Huntress follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter. Documen-tary narrated by Daisy Ridley. 18 February FILM: JULIETA (15) After a casual encounter, a brokenhearted woman decides to confront her life and the most important events about her stranded daughter. Directed by Pedro Al-modovar. MARCH 11 March FILM: GIRL ON THE TRAIN (15) A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life. Starring Emily Blunt and Justin Theroux. 25 March FILM: A STREET CAT NAMED BOB (12A) Based on the international bestseller. The true feel-good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat. Starring Luke Treadaway and Joanne Froggatt. APRIL 8 April FILM: A UNITED KINGDOM (12A) Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s. Starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike. 22 April FILM: ARRIVAL (15) A linguist is recruited by the military to assist in translating alien communications. Starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner.

The diary will continue to fill up, so do keep a look-out for emails and posters, or

check out http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/IOHDT/calendar.asp . If you would

like to receive alerts, please email gable.end.theatre@gmail.com to be added to our

mailing list.

NOTICEBOARD

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GRAEMSAY, HOY & WALLS COMMUNITY COUNCIL

The next meeting of the Graemsay, Hoy and Walls Community Council will be held on Friday 20 January at North Walls School at 6:45pm. The dates for all of the meeting

for 2017 will be decided at this meeting. Meeting are open to the public.

Members of the Graemsay, Hoy and Walls Community Council would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year

Hoy and Walls Health Centre

Telephone: 01856 701209; Web: www.hoydoc.co.uk

Appointments and Prescriptions

The Hoy and Walls Health Centre will be open Monday to Friday 9 am to 1 pm and during surgery hours.

Please call within these times to arrange an appointment and request prescriptions. Please ensure that you

give 5 working days notice for repeat prescriptions.

Day Dr am Dr pm Nurse Notes

Monday 0900-11.00 1730-1930 0930-1100 approx Nurse evening surgery by re-quest

Tuesday 1000-1200* 1300-1500 0930-1100 approx *joint doctor/nurse clinic

Wednesday 0900-1200** 1400-1600 0930-1100 approx **blood tests

Thursday 0900-11.00 0930-1100 approx

Friday 1000-1200†

1730-1900 0930-1100 approx †Longhope 1st, 3rd & 5th Fri-day; Hoy 2nd and 4th Friday

The Health Centre will be closed and there will be no routine clinics from

Saturday 24th December to Tuesday 27th December inclusive.

And will also be closed and there will be no routine clinics from Saturday

31st December to Tuesday 3rd January inclusive.

Emergencies

In case of an emergency, phone 01856 701209.

When the surgery is closed call Balfour Hospital 01856 888000 and ask the

operator to bleep the Hoy GP.

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DATES FOR D IARIES/NOTICEBOARD

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DATES FOR D IARIES/NOTICEBOARD

The next meeting of the Hoy Centre Committee will be Friday 13 January

at 16:45 at the Hoy Centre.

All welcome to attend

Scotland Fire and Rescue Service Recruitment

An open night will be held at Long-

hope fire sta�on on

Monday 09/01/2017 between

19:00hrs and 21:30hrs.

For further details contact:

stephen.fraser@firescotland.gov.uk

October

Total rainfall for month 65.9mm

Highest rainfall in 24hrs. 12.3mm on 15th.

Highest max. temp. 15.5c on 4th.

Lowest max. temp. 10.5c on 14th.

Ave. max. temp. 13.1c

Lowest min. temp. 2.8c on 1st.

Highest min. temp. 10.9c on 5th and 16th.

Ave. min. temp. 7.7c

Ave. temp. for October 10.4c

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If you have something to contribute or ideas for the newsletter then please contact Debs or Vincent: Phone: 01856 701444 Email: debs@theblether.org.uk; vincent@theblether.org.uk Snail mail: Loft, Longhope, KW16 3PQ Items for inclusion in the next issue (February) must be submitted by 5th February 2017

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WEATHER ROUND UP FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2016

Island of Hoy Development

Trust

Are you a member of the Trust?

Would you like to a be a member?

If you would like to find out more about the Trust and

what it does then please get in touch with Debs

701444 (chair.iohdt@gmail.com) or call in at the Trust

office in the Naval Hall in Longhope (701356).

November

Total rainfall for month 112mm

Highest rainfall in 24hrs. 15.5mm on 11th.

Highest max. temp. 14.9c on 14th.

Lowest max. temp. 5.9c on 18th.

Ave. max. temp. 8.9c

Lowest min. temp. -1.5c on 20th.

Highest min. temp. 9.2c on 25th.

Ave. min. temp. 3.4c

Ave. temp. for November 6.2c

Thank you, Jeff!