In Stromness, where I grew up, the yole was used for fishing and for pleasure trips but in my...
Author - Len Wilson
Fishing in Graemsay: Lythes, sillocks and cuithes
Through the 20th century the only commercial fishery in Graemsay was lobster, along with the...
Fishing in Graemsay: Mackerel lines and lobster creels
The mackerel is a migratory fish that appears round Graemsay waters in July and August. It was only...
The Orkney Yole
Till well into the 1960s the yole played a major part in the lives and livelihood of most Orcadians...