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	Orkney and Shetland Area Waste Plan
		Total MSW arisings in Orkney and Shetland are currently 24 738 tonnes per annum - 13 241 tonnes of which arise in Shetland, and 11 497 in Orkney.
		Garden waste collected in Orkney is taken to Bossack for grinding and use in landscaping and landfill cover by the local authority, and a proportion of the islands' paper and card waste is currently being shredded for compostable animal bedding by a local farmer (it was until recently all exported to Shetland for energy recovery).
		In Shetland, End of Life Vehicles (ELVs) are collected by the Shetland Amenity Trust and disposed of by a private sector third party; in Orkney the local authority collects ELVs for disposal via a third party private operator.
	www.sepa.org.uk /nws/areas/orkney_shetland/awp/1.5.html (2673 words)

	Nordic countries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab-2.cs.princeton.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Northern Isles of Scotland - Orkney and Shetland - have a long-established Nordic identity.
		During World War II Shetland and Orkney were important bases for the Norwegian armed forces in exile.
		The Shetland Bus was based in Shetland and smuggled refugees, agents and supplies to and from Norway.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Nordic_countries (1556 words)

	The best of Orkney and Shetland food and drink - NFUS
		Orkney and Shetland region won the bid to host the 2006 NFUS AGM and Annual Dinner and will therefore be providing the full menu for the event.
		The Orkney the Brand strategy was formed in January 2004 and the scheme helps to build and develop Orkney as a strong brand across the sectors and encourages group marketing activities and initiatives.
		The role of Orkney Enterprise and Shetland Islands Council has been crucial to the success of this event and it is with their support that we are able to put the best that the Northern Isles has to offer on show.
	www.stackyard.com /news/2006/03/NFUS/03_orkney_shetland.html (684 words)

	Orkney and Shetland Area Waste Plan
		The two independent Orkney and Shetland Waste Strategy Area Groups have been working hard since early 2000 to prepare a long-term, integrated plan for the management of waste in the area.
		Orkney and Shetland are unlike mainland Scotland in many ways, not least in terms of the unusually high costs and logistical complexities associated with managing waste in such a remote area.
		The indigenous industries - crofting, fishing, fish-production and processing, agriculture, and the oil and gas sector - are highly sensitive to external economic pressures, and it is vital that this and future plans support rather than threaten their future stability.
	www.sepa.org.uk /nws/areas/orkney_shetland/awp/fore_os.html (390 words)

	Tour Scotland, Orkney and Shetland.
		The people of Orkney think of themselves as Orcadians rather than plain Scottish; and when they talk of ‘going to the mainland’, they mean their own Mainland and not across to Scotland which is generally referred to as going ‘sooth’ or south.
		Shetland is sometimes called ‘the land of the Simmer Dim’, for it is so far north that around midsummer the nights are very short and total darkness never falls.
		Shetland ponies, small and sturdy, have always been a part of the island life, a hardy breed well adapted to the sometimes sparse grazing and the winter weather conditions.
	www.visitdunkeld.com /orkney-and-shetland.htm (1868 words)

	Vikings in Orkney & Shetland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		According to Scandinavian historical sources, the Orkney islands were either deserted at the time of the earliest Norse settlement or their inhabitants were slaughtered.
		Orkney, perhaps the first place to be colonised, is an ideal place to search.
		Orkney was never an independent state in the Viking days.
	www.scotlandvacations.com /vikings_in_orkney__shetland.htm (268 words)

	Smuggling on Orkney & Shetland
		Most of the smuggling on Orkney, though, consisted of illegal malting of Barley and stilling of whiskey, and many of the tales speak of how wiley Orcadians concealed their stills and steeping malt from the prying eye of the gauger.
		The numerous inlets and hills of the Shetland islands favoured the smugglers' purpose, and the considerable distance from the principal sources of contraband does not seem to have acted as deterrent.
		Shetland coastal towns were ports-of-call for many sea-going vessels that stopped to take on food and water.
	www.smuggling.co.uk /gazetteer_scot_13.html (1526 words)

	Orkney cottages, Shetland Isle self catering accommodation
		Shetland is the most northerly group of Scotlandâs Islands with towering cliffs and peaceful sandy beaches, amazing archaeology and surprisingly diverse history.
		Shetland traditional fiddle music is a blend of many styles, including ancient Norwegian folk music, Scots reels and tunes brought home by sailors from Ireland or North America.
		Orkney, at any time of year, provides amazing historic sites ranging from pre-history in the settlement at Skara Brae, and the Chambered Cairn of Maes Howe to reminders of last century with the sunken ships at Skapa flow and the Italian Chapel.
	www.assc.co.uk /defaultpage121c2.aspx?pageid=57®ion=1 (910 words)

	The Music of the Shetland and Orkney Islands
		Shetland and Orkney are two groups of islands off the northeast coast of Scotland.
		The isolation of Shetland and Orkney have led to a a strong self-reliance and independence.
		As Scotty Fitzgerald is to the Cape Bretoners, Willie Hunter is to the Shetlanders.
	www.sfcelticmusic.com /shetland/shetland.htm (1902 words)

	Shetland and Orkney - Scandinavica.com
		We are 23,000 Shetlanders and 20,000 Orcadians living in Shetland and Orkney.
		The capital of Shetland is Lerwick and the capital of Orkney is Kirkwall.
		Shetland and Orkney are governed by Scotland and belong to Great Britain, and therefore we are part of the European Union.
	www.scandinavica.com /shet-ork.htm (438 words)

	Orkneyjar - Viking Orkney - The Norse Colonisation
		Written centuries after the initial takeover of Orkney, the Icelandic sagas lay the blame for the exodus from Norway firmly at the feet of the Norwegian King Harald Fairhair.
		Although we know the Norwegian settlement of Orkney probably began in earnest in the 8th century AD, it is not known whether the Vikings came as "landtakers", dispossessing the indigenous Orcadians, or whether they were farmers and traders who settled peacefully.
		But however and whenever it began, within a few generations Orkney was a distinctly Norse earldom, from where the earls controlled Shetland, the Western Isles and large areas of northern and western Scotland.
	www.orkneyjar.com /history/vikingorkney/index.html (712 words)

	John Leask & Son - Fly Drive - Orkney and Shetland Combined
		Shetland and Orkney are ideally suited for self-catering holidays with plenty of good restaurants and cafes to enjoy.
		Inclusive packages to Shetland and Orkney includes accommodation in hotels, guest houses or self catering, with your own car or a hire car.
		Shetland and Orkney holidays can be combined on selected days depending on the sailing schedule.
	www.leaskstravel.co.uk /holidays-shetland-orkney/orkney-shetland-holiday-options.shtml (383 words)

	Orkney & Shetland Area Waste Plan
		Both Orkney and Shetland Island Councils have now employed full- time education officers and work is ongoing to develop detailed campaign strategies in partnership with the Scottish Waste Awareness Group (SWAG) to accompany the rolling out of various aspects of their Implementation Plans.
		Shetland Amenity Trust won the national VIBES (Vision in Business for the Environment of Scotland) award in the small business category for its glass recycling plant at Cunningsburgh in Shetland.
		In Orkney, the Westray Development Trust continues to lead on developing novel waste management methods for small island communities, with funding and planning permission in place for an anaerobic digestor on the island of Westray.
	www.sepa.org.uk /nws/guidance/annual_reports0405/orkney_shetland/03.html (1580 words)

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		The Orkney Islands are separated from the Scottish mainland by a seven mile stretch of the Pentland Firth.
		The Shetland Islands are nearer to Norway than England.
		The main town of Lerwick is a centre for the oil industry and further to the north is Sullom Voe oil terminal.
	www.bbc.co.uk /election97/constituencies/447.htm (205 words)

	Orkney and Shetland, Scotland. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		Often referring to themselves first as Orcadians or Shetlanders, and with unofficial but widely displayed flags, their inhabitants regard Scotland as a separate entity; the mainland to them is the one in their own archipelago, not the Scottish mainland.
		With little fertile ground, Shetlanders have traditionally been crofters rather than farmers, often looking to the sea for an uncertain living in fishing and whaling or the naval and merchant services.
		Orkney was a powerful Norse earldom, and Shetland (at first part of the same earldom) was ruled directly from Norway for nearly three hundred years after 1195.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/scotland/orkney_and_shetland (580 words)

	Orkney and Shetland Online Publication - Setting the Scene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The island groups of Orkney and Shetland are the northernmost British remnants of a mountain belt which was raised between 600 and 400 million years ago when the great southern continent of Gondwanaland collided with the great northern continent of Laurentia.
		In most of Shetland, the rocks we see were formed in the roots of these mountains and have been exposed by erosion, but over nearly all of Orkney these roots are covered by sedimentary rocks laid down during the Devonian era around 400 million years ago.
		Layer upon layer of sediments have been laid down in basins that developed around Orkney and Shetland over the past 300 or so million years, from Permian times to the present day, and the islands may well have been completely submerged by the sea on one or more occasions.
	www.snh.org.uk /publications/on-line/geology/orkneyShetland/setting.asp (321 words)

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		Orkney and Shetland Valuation Joint Board was established in 1996, under The Valuation Joint Boards (Scotland) Order 1996, and its primary purpose is to discharge all the functions of its two constituent authorities, Orkney Islands Council and Shetland Islands Council, as valuation authorities under the Valuation Acts.
		The Board is responsible for appointing the Assessor for Orkney and Shetland, an independent statutory official responsible for the preparation and maintenance of the Valuation Roll and the Council Tax Valuation List.
		The Assessor has also been appointed as Electoral Registration Officer for both Orkney and Shetland and is, therefore, also responsible for the preparation and maintenance of the Register of Electors.
	www.orkney-shetland-vjb.co.uk (487 words)

	Orkney and Shetland Mini Cruise
		Sail away to lands steeped in history, wildlife and stunning scenery, far from the jostling crowds to the haunting beauty of the Orkney and Shetland Isles.
		Both islands, but particularly Shetland, in summer have virtually no darkness and the beauty of this ‘Simmer Dim’ as it is called locally has to be seen to be realised.
		Both Orkney and Shetland have their own identity, Orkney being very green and fertile while Shetland has a more rugged cliff and sea loch scenery.
	www.brightwaterholidays.com /uktours/uk_ork_shetmc/uk_ork_shetmc.htm (378 words)

	The history of Scotland - Orkney and Shetland Isles
		Shetland consists of a group of 100 islands with approximately 900 miles of coastline and a population of around 23,000.
		In 1468, the impoverished Christian Ist, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, pawned the Orkney Isles to James III of Scotland in lieu of a royal dowry, for 50,000 florins and then the Shetlands for a further 8,000 florins.
		Many of the traditions and customs of Orkney and Shetland have survived due to the relative inaccessibility of the islands in the past.
	www.historic-uk.com /HistoryUK/Scotland-History/NorthernIsles.htm (731 words)

	Travel for Kids: Orkney and Shetland Islands, Scotland
		The windswept Orkney and Shetland Islands are truly in the middle of nowhere, but they've been inhabited for thousands of years – prehistoric settlements were followed in later centuries by the Vikings, and villages thrive today.
		In the Orkney Islands, visit the Skara Brae Prehistoric Village, the 5000 year old Stone Age village, often called "The Pompeii of the North." Buried in sand, the settlement was rediscovered in the 19th century.
		Shetland is famous for its "Fair Isle" sweaters and shawls, and there are numerous shops where you can purchase the genuine article.
	www.travelforkids.com /Funtodo/Scotland/orkneyshetland.htm (434 words)

	Orkneyjar - Travelling to Orkney
		Visitors coming to Orkney in the summer months generally miss the worst extremes of Orkney's weather but again, this is not guaranteed.
		Flights to and from Orkney operate daily but these tend to be extremely expensive - often a flight to Orkney from mainland Scotland costs more than a flight to the USA - a fact that discourages many travellers.
		Orkney Ferries - Internal ferry service, operating seven ferries between Orkney Mainland and thirteen of the smaller islands.
	www.orkneyjar.com /orkney/orktrav.htm (281 words)

	Orkney and Shetland SNH Online Publication - Ice and Tundra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Shetland glaciers laid down only a veneer of glacial till, but peat layers lie buried within older and thicker accumulations of sediment at Fugla Ness and Sel Ayre on the western coast of the mainland.
		Remains of pine and fir trees, and fossil pollen grains, found in the Fugla Ness peat show that, although Shetland has been largely treeless for the last 10,000 years, perhaps as long as 380,000 years ago it was forested and had a warmer climate than at present.
		Although the climate was cold, there is little to suggest that large glaciers existed on Orkney and Shetland at the time they last developed on the North West Highlands of Scotland, about 11,000 years ago.
	www.snh.org.uk /publications/on-line/geology/orkneyShetland/ice.asp (410 words)

	Orkney & Shetland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Orkney & Shetland has been a Liberal seat for much of this century apart from 1900-1906 when it was held first by a Liberal Unionist then by an Independent Liberal and from 1935 until 1950 when it was held by the Conservatives.
		It was generally assumed that Orkney & Shetland was up for grabs and it attracted the candidatures of David Myles, ex Conservative MP for Banff (1979-1983), whose seat had been abolished in the boundary changes, and Winnie Ewing, ex SNP MP for Hamilton (1967-1970) and Moray & Nairn (1974-1979).
		Willie Ross also stood in Shetland in the 1999 Scottish election and is the SNP election agent for the forthcoming general election.
	www.alba.org.uk /nextwe/h05.html (1578 words)

	Orkney & Shetland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		John joined the SNP in 1974 and stood for the Orkney constituency in the 1999 Scottish Parliament elections and for Westminster in 2001.
		John is Secretary of the Orkney Norwegian Association and Chairman of Kirkwall Kayak Club.
		Brian is a lecturer at Shetland College of Further Education where he is Secretary of Shetland College branch of the Educational Institute of Scotland College Lecturers Association and is the lecturing staff representative on Shetland College Council.
	www.alba.org.uk /nextge/orkneyshetland.html (572 words)

	The Orcadian Online Archive - NorthLink partnership with tourist boards
		The company, who will take over the ferry services to Orkney and Shetland in October, 2002, say the Scottish tourist industry is set for a major boost.
		Mr Horton added that they were hoping to have presentation displays in Orkney and Shetland for people here to see exactly the services that they will be offering.
		Orkney Tourist Board chief executive, Mr Gareth Crichton, said: "This is an exciting development for the network of Orkney and Shetland specialists at home and abroad.
	www.orcadian.co.uk /archive/northlink.htm (567 words)

	Shetland and Orkney
		This tour visits Orkney and Shetland, combining the two island groupings on a round trip starting and finishing in Aberdeen.
		There are flights to Shetland from Kirkwall (and direct from Aberdeen, Inverness, Kirkwall and Wick, with connections into those airports from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester and London).
		Travel to Lerwick from Orkney by your preferred route and explore the island capital, taking in the excellent local craftshops, Fort Charlotte, the Shetland Museum, the Up Helly Aa Exhibition, and wildlife boat trips.
	www.visitscotland.com /aboutscotland/explorebymap/outerislands/orkney/shetlandandorkney (683 words)

	Tourist Information for Orkney and Shetland :: Yes Scotland Gazetteer :: YesScotland.com
		Orkney is a bit easier to get to although you have to travel to the very north of the mainland to catch your ferry.
		Orkney may be closer to the Mainland but unless you go the expense of flying, travel by car will be time consuming.
		You do not visit Orkney or Shetland en route to somewhere else - they are both destinations in their own right.
	www.yesscotland.com /region1874cos.php (404 words)

	Scottish Lib Dems: News
		Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael has called for the Met Office to include Orkney and Shetland in their text message marine weather service.
		The system has been changed recently and as a result Shetland and Orkney have been removed from the list of areas covered.
		It is simply unacceptable that none of these are in Orkney and Shetland.
	www.scotlibdems.org.uk /news/0506155.shtml (216 words)

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