Rothesay Saint Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Theres nae cnut in it, its broken Blocked pipes again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Sea Saint Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Blocked pipes again. Ye better go and see the doctor Big fella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Brilliant place - really enjoyed Maes Howe and ALL the associated sites nearby...The whole of Orkney and Shetland is bespattered with similar fascinating locations and wonderful land and sea-scapes. I would recommend you ALL take a trip up to the far North, whenever you can asap, to visit the likes of Maes Howe, I 'would' but... ...I'm not as into all that religious mumbo-jumbo stuff, as Tom obviously is... It's fantastic from an engineering point of view as much as anything else. But then, who in their right mind would be into scientific nonsense like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Sid Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 It's fantastic from an engineering point of view as much as anything else. Only if they meant it in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted December 21, 2010 Report Share Posted December 21, 2010 The webcam's buggered, Tom. I've been checking on it for weeks - and there's a wild claim that adverse weather conditions are impeding the setting up of a link... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 It's that time again, try the webcam link around 3pm this afternoon. Are you a Druid Tom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie-dee Posted December 25, 2010 Report Share Posted December 25, 2010 you could always set up a webcam at the standing stones behind the car park in the sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 THAT time of year again. BUMP. Go see the Northern Sites. The vidcam is working this year!! er..... best in daylight hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) Here we go again! Clickity-click to see the sun creep up Maes Howe's passage, matron. http://www.maeshowe.co.uk/index.html The busy day (if there's sunshine) is tomorrow, Tuesday the 22nd, but the days around it can be equally (if no even better!) braw... Eta: The passage cam is only live in the afternoon, when the sun passes between the hills on Hoy to cast its gleam on the Howe. The exterior cam is looking promising. I've had MANY worse days there, this so-called summer! Edited December 21, 2015 by bluto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) Here we go again! Clickity-click to see the sun creep up Maes Howe's passage, matron. http://www.maeshowe.co.uk/index.html The busy day (if there's sunshine) is tomorrow, Tuesday the 22nd, but the days around it can be equally (if no even better!) braw... Eta: The passage cam is only live in the afternoon, when the sun passes between the hills on Hoy to cast its gleam on the Howe. The exterior cam is looking promising. I've had MANY worse days there, this so-called summer! Passage cam? I had one of them done a few years back. You have to lie on your side, and they effectively inflate your colon in order to get the camera up there - meanwhile you can watch it all as it happens on the screen by the bed. Now, much as I have always believed that the sun shines out of my arse, I don't recall any remarkable solar event occuring at the time, but maybe I winced a little and missed it. Edited December 21, 2015 by Drew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Hmmm. From the Ext cam looking towards Hoy's Ward Hill, you can see clouds are blocking the sun from shining up the passage. In the gloom of the main Int shot, they have left a small light in the rear 'grave space' to help give context - where the sun SHOULD be on the floor right now, is only a faint greyness. Apparently... it's an EXCELLENT forecast for tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 It's that time again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 (edited) Officially winter solstice today was at 10.44 this morning, when the sun reached its high point over the Tropic of Cancer, 23.5 degrees North of the Equator. It's sunshine all the way, now, Buddies! Edited December 21, 2016 by antrin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Urquhart Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Mon the Pagans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 1 hour ago, Slartibartfast said: Really? What hemisphere are you in? Up here in the northern hemisphere the winter solstice is when the sun is over the Tropic of Capricorn, i.e. at its furthest away from us. Very good, Pike.... er.... Slartibartfast. I wondered when someone would spot that one. Sunshine all the way, as I said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Humbug! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salmonbuddie Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Very good, Pike.... er.... Slartibartfast. I wondered when someone would spot that one. [emoji4] Sunshine all the way, as I said. [emoji14] Aye, that old chestnut...Given it's the festive season, it's only fair it gets roasted, then.[emoji6] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 Bump! It's that time of the year again. However THIS year - for the first time - the lack of live video of the midwinter sun shining down the length down the tunnel leading to the heart of of Maes Howe Burial Mound is attributed to... ta-raaaaa... ..Covid 19! There are other links of other years showing the passage of light and winter sunset at this link: Maeshowe Winter Solstice Sunset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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