PAPA WESTRAY - PAPAY - PAPEY IN MEIRI. ORKNEY

PAPA WESTRAY - ON MAPS, PAPAY - CALLED LOCALLY, PAPEY IN MEIRI - IN ORKNEYINGA SAGA
ONE OF 70 ISLES OF ORKNEY
4 MILES LONG AND 1 MILE WIDE
11 MILES OF COASTLINE
6000 YEARS OF INHABITATION
KNAP O HOWAR - THE OLDEST HOUSE IN NORTHERN EUROPE
197 RECORDED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
220 ARCTIC TERNS
70 PEOPLE
DOZENS OF SHIPWRECKS
1.5 MINUTE - SHORTEST SCHEDULED FLIGHT IN THE WORLD FROM PAPAY TO WESTRAY
THE PLACE WHERE THE LAST GREAT AUK WAS KILLED IN 1813
THE ISLAND WHICH DREW PICTISH KING HECHTAN TO MADNESS
THE BIRTHPLACE OF JOHN D. MACKAY AND SOME OTHER GREAT ORCADIANS
THE RESTING PLACE OF ROGNVALD BRUSASON (1011-1046) THE GREAT EARL OF ORKNEY
HOUSE OF EXPERIMENTAL FILM, MUSIC AND ART
HOME OF PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS - INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART, FILM AND MUSIC FESTIVAL

CALENDAR OF PAPAY EVENTS / TRADITIONAL AND NEW. CELEBRATED AND SOME ALMOST FORGOTTEN /:
1 JANUARY: HOGMANAY
13 JANUARY: AALD NEUERDAY
23 JANUARY 2012: LUNAR NEW YEAR
25 JANUARY: BURNS NIGHT - PAPAY POETRY NIGHT
15-22 FEBRUARY 2014: PAPAY GYRO NIGHTS ART FESTIVAL
16 APRIL: ST. MAGNUS DAY
30 APRIL: BELTANE
17 MAY: NORVEGIAN CONSTITUTION DAY
22 JUNE: JOHNSMAS - SUMMER SOLSTICE
20-22 JULY: PAPAY FUN WEEKEND
OCTOBER: MUCKLE SUPPER
1 NOVEMBER: HOLLOWMAS - DAY OF THE DEAD
12-31 DECEMBER: YULE. “GLEDDELIG JØL OG GOTT NYÅR!” - IN ORKNEY NORN

PLACES TO STAY:
PEATWELL (SELF-CATERING) - nove.john@gmail.com
HOLM VIEW (SELF-CATERING) - jimawalker@hotmail.com
BELTANE (HOSTEL & SELF-CATERING) - beltanepapay@aol.co.uk

GUIDED TOURS:
PAPAY COOP with JIM RENDALL - (+44) 01857 644221

SHOP @ BELTANE - (+44) 01857 644321
PUB @ BELTANE - EVERY SATURDAY
POSTOFFICE & CRAFT SHOP - (+44) 01857 644275

TRAVEL TO PAPAY:
LOGANAIR - www.loganair.co.uk
ORKNEY FERRIES - www.orkneyferries.co.uk
MORE INFO - www.papawestray.co.uk

BONFIRE EXPERIMENTAL FILM AND VIDEO SOUND ART VISUAL ART ARCHITECTURE MUSIC STORYTELLING
ORKNEY INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART FESTIVAL	www.papaygyronights.papawestray.org

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