Row Your Boat Ashore
Posted: Friday, 15 June 2007 |
Another eventful week. Last Saturday was a proper spring day - sun shining, blue skies, sparkling seas. It was also the day of the Bigton Yoal Rowing Regatta. A yoal, for the uninitiated, is a small Shetland boat based on Nordic designs. It is intended to be rowed by 6 people. Rowing races with yoals are extremely popular throughout Shetland - with many localities having their own boat and teams, including men's, women's and youth's. In the beer tent, where else, Consort & I had a blether with Ruthodanort who was coxing the Unst women's team.
All day Wednesday I was involved with the Second Tammies Shetland Schools Film Festival. Schools from across Shetland - both primary and secondary produced films which were then shown to an audience in a cinema-like environment. The morning showing was practically a full house. There was also a smaller public event in the evening. Long may this continue. However, despite his boasts, Muness's entry never materialised...
Finally, today has seen our follow-up to the Day of Action when Charles & Camilla visited. It started off with a showing of Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth and carried on with further work on our school garden.
Our special guest today has recently appeared on TV. If you saw the edition of Coast dealing with Orkney & Shetland you'll have seen the hydrogen car from Unst. Ross took the car down to our school and some of the kids got a chance to go for a spin in it around our playing field.
The PURE energy project in Unst uses aero generators to produce hydrogen which are then stored in cells. This hydrogen is used to power the car whcih is amazingly quiet and whose exhaust gives off, not carbon monoxide, but - water.
All day Wednesday I was involved with the Second Tammies Shetland Schools Film Festival. Schools from across Shetland - both primary and secondary produced films which were then shown to an audience in a cinema-like environment. The morning showing was practically a full house. There was also a smaller public event in the evening. Long may this continue. However, despite his boasts, Muness's entry never materialised...
Finally, today has seen our follow-up to the Day of Action when Charles & Camilla visited. It started off with a showing of Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth and carried on with further work on our school garden.
Our special guest today has recently appeared on TV. If you saw the edition of Coast dealing with Orkney & Shetland you'll have seen the hydrogen car from Unst. Ross took the car down to our school and some of the kids got a chance to go for a spin in it around our playing field.
The PURE energy project in Unst uses aero generators to produce hydrogen which are then stored in cells. This hydrogen is used to power the car whcih is amazingly quiet and whose exhaust gives off, not carbon monoxide, but - water.
Comments
It must be good for the soul to live amidst such stunning scenery. Great photos, interesting also to see the hydrogen car (as seen on TV). Thanks, Soljey.
Jill from EK
thanks for the nice pics. when i see what kids are doing in primary schools now,i almost want to go back!! if your pupils don't know what to do in the hols,seeing as they are budding gardeners they can come and do mine!!
carol from over here
Question What type of paint are you using on the pergola? (It looks very lovely)
damadcoo from Unst
Our ICT department is not happy: our film disc won't work & our news page has disappeared from the website. Grrrrr!
FetlarSchool from Fetlar
We saw the PURE car on a trailer as we were completing our Grand Tour of the mainland. That's where it was going.
FetlarSchool from Fetlar
You had great weather for the Regatta and the kids get to do such interesting things in school now. No sitting there with a slate and a piece of chalk. When can these cars be available for all us concerned citizens of the earth.
UpSouth1 from South Uist
Damadcoo, no idea about the paint - but I'll ask our art teacher.
Soljey from Shetland Mainland
Ahhhh! Yoals or yoles I've always loved the Ness Yoals from the day in the early 70s when I first saw one. Since then I've had an ongoing affinity for the various norse related craft of the British Isles. Currently I get my fix from the Orkney Yoles. I think I'll go and have a lie down.
Hyper-Borean from On the tilfers
Keep up the good work. I really enjoy reading your articles and seeing the photos.
Andrew from Nuneaton
Just been down to the harbour to see the sgoth. Like the biggest yole in the world, best thing to come out of Lewis since Charley Barley's pudding.
Hyper-Borean from The hunnispot
Damadcoo, the paint on the pergola is acrylic.
Soljey from Shetland Mainland
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