AROUND THE GLENS OF HOY – POSTPONED TO 2027
Please note that due to ongoing work at the Hoy Kirk this event has been held over to next year’s programme.
In the meantime, here’s some information about the film, made by Selena S. Kuzman. It looks at the landscape of Hoy, with the story of its shaping by ice, using drone images of its hills and glens. It shows the island landforms, from the glens and hillsides to the ancient wood of Berriedale.
“These are true glens, cut by glaciers,” explains the narrator, geologist Dr Adrian Hall. “When the last ice sheet parted, briefly there were glacial lakes. Then there was a thousand years of cold, with much snow blowing off the hills, and glaciers reformed at the Dwarfie Hamars.”
And as we start to look towards next year, you can sample the atmosphere of a festival Friday evening in the Hoy Kirk and find out more about Hoy – and Rackwick too – in A Hoy and Rackwick Evening which was part of the online 2020 Festival.
Also online you can find a previous film by Selena S. Kuzman, The Making of the Pentland Firth, which includes scenes from Hoy, presented by Adrian Hall with Katy Firth and Mara Gibb.
The format for the Friday evening event each year is for a light supper to start the evening – and admission is free.
The ferry departs from Stromness Pier at 6 pm, and then returns from Moaness Pier in Hoy at 10 pm. Booking your ferry ticket is essential in view of much demand: go to Orkney Ferries online or phone 01856 872044.
For anyone who has already booked the ferry for this year, Orkney Ferries are able to offer refunds. As long as you cancel at least one hour before a sailing departs, they are able to refund in full. Cancellations can be made by email, phone or on their website if you have booked online.
“During the periods of maximum cold, an ice stream many hundreds of metres thick curved out from the Moray Firth to cross the plain of Caithness and flow over Orkney towards ice limits close to the edge of the continental shelf. Long intervals of cool to cold conditions saw the repeated build-up of mountain glaciers in Scotland and led to the formation of small glaciers in the corries and valleys of Hoy.”
