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Ian Hourston

From our burns unit... Mystery place. Two for the price of one. But where? Pics 1988
Mystery stacks Mystery rock-stacks. Pics 1994 & 1989. One small stack, one large. A candle-lit dinner to anyone ...
Stacks The Needle and a small stack near Broch of Borwick (anyone know a name for it?) Pics date from 1988 ...
Mystery stack Pics taken in 1980s. Both sides of the mystery stack seen end-on in picture #24161. Now can anyone i...
The Devil's Coach-horse Got one of these in your house? If not, why not? The Devil's Coach-horse is a harmless beetle that o...
Mystery place Mystery place. Photo taken Feb 1988.
Burgar Hill wind turbine Pics taken late 1980s. Fir Dave Rendall in particular, the first 3-megawatt wind-powered generator o...
Spectacled Gairsay Grubsnatcher An extremely rare, indeed unique, chimera in my private collection: the upper part of the skull of a...
Bill Oddie and crew 4 July 2005. Bill Oddie & crew filming at Marwick Head.
Snelsetter cottage, South Walls Snelsetter cottage, South Walls, 1987. I think my maternal grandfather Charles Smith was born at Sn...
Fauna Pics taken 2010 & 2009 Captions unnecessary?
Kierfiold House, 2009 Kierfiold House April 2009.

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