Scrabster Harbour in Caithness, the most northerly large port in mainland Britain and a point of departure for the Orkney Islands. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/thurso/scrabster/index.html

#Scotland #Scrabster #Harbour #Caithness #Lifeboat #UndiscoveredScotland

Hunterston Brooch

This stunning brooch was found at Hunterston, Ayrshire during the 1830s. Made about AD700, it is a highly accomplished casting of silver, richly mounted with gold, silver and amber decoration. It is one of the iconic objects of the Early Historic and Viking periods. It is now in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. #Archaeology

https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/scottish-history-and-archaeology/hunterston-brooch/

The #costoflivingcrisis in a single chart:

we're spending more but buying less....

For those who were already at the margins of affording life essentials this simple graph demonstrates their crises!

#OTD in 1883, Clement Attlee was born. He had the quiet vision to institute massive postwar changes in the #UK, including our #NHS.

His socialist reforms were opposed by the Tory opposition & the current Tory govt continues this by wrecking our health system in order to revert it to prewar privatised status.

My favourite Attlee quote:

"Charity is a cold, grey, loveless thing. If a man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim".

#ClementAttlee

“In #Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment and counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

Make sure everyone understands this — It’s costing us far too much to NOT provide housing and supports to those who are homeless.

https://scoop.me/housing-first-finland-homelessness/

#homelessness #cities #housing #HousingFirst

This lighthouse is SO UNIQUE! It's called Þrídrangar, which means "three rock pillars". It is located 4.5 miles (7.2 kilometres) off the southwest coast of Iceland, in the archipelago of Vestmannaeyjar, often described as the most isolated lighthouse in the world. The lighthouse was built there in 1939.

It's such a INCREDIBLE location for a lighthouse, perched on a rock in Iceland's wild surf. Originally constructed and accessible only by scaling the rock on which it is situated, it is now accessible by helicopter since the construction of a helipad.

#photography #photo #photos #landscape #lighthouse #engineering #amazing #travel #world #wonders

Poll: #UK #Politics -

"We're f***ed at least until the #Tories are gone. We may still be f***ed afterward; and, unless we ditch #FPTP, they could come back and f*** us some more."

Broadly agree/disagree?

(Please boost for wider opinion.)