John Carlos Baez on Nostr: I'm going to the Orkney Islands! I'll be staying in Kirkwall but plan to visit ...

I'm going to the Orkney Islands! I'll be staying in Kirkwall but plan to visit various archaeological sites - in particular the Ness of Brodgar, on the same island. This is a complex of monumental Neolithic buildings dating from around 3000 BC. In 2024 it'll be covered over and backfille to save it for future archaeologists. So this may be the last time to see it before our civilization crashes.

Speaking of which: due to the climate crisis I try to avoid flying around and spewing out carbon, but I haven't managed to completely resist traveling, so I've compromised by only making one long flight this year, for a 6-month visit to Edinburgh. While here I will indulge myself in some local travel. The bleak and northerly Orkney Islands, with their many Neolithic sites, have always fascinated me.