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Inspection to be carried out amid concerns that part of Wick harbour building could collapse

PICTURES: Highland Council is to carry out a new inspection of a derelict building at Wick harbour following fears over its structural integrity. ....

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A Caithness hero: Wick's own Robinson Crusoe

Updated: 26/05/2021, 10:00 am
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Left to right, an 18th century engraving of Robinson Crusoe, penguins on MacQuarrie Island, Alexander MacKay, standing, coxswain of the Wick lifeboat, MacQuarie Island, and bottom right, Alexander MacKay, master pilot in Wick
The story of Robinson Crusoe, wrecked on a remote tropical island, is as alive in our imaginations now as it was 300 years ago when Daniel Defoe’s novel first appeared.
There’s something about desert islands – we fantasise about rolling white beaches, palm trees dropping coconuts, gently lapping waves, maybe a footprint in the sand.
Paradise?
Well, not quite. Not for a young Caithness seafarer who found himself marooned for four months on an inhospitable rocky lump of an island 1,000 miles off Tasmania more than 140 years ago. ....

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A Caithness hero: Wick's own Robinson Crusoe

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Left to right, an 18th century engraving of Robinson Crusoe, penguins on MacQuarrie Island, Alexander MacKay, standing, coxswain of the Wick lifeboat, MacQuarie Island, and bottom right, Alexander MacKay, master pilot in Wick
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The story of Robinson Crusoe, wrecked on a remote tropical island, is as alive in our imaginations now as it was 300 years ago when Daniel Defoe’s novel first appeared. ....

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Time to 'start afresh' on Wick Soldiers' Tower renovation

Time to start afresh on Wick Soldiers Tower renovation
By Alan Hendry
Published: 09:14, 06 March 2021
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Community councillors hope that a Wick historic monument refurbishment project can be given a fresh start.
The Soldiersâ Tower at the North Head remains surrounded by fencing, with keep out signs attached, after plans to restore the structure were delayed.
It was constructed in 1909 in honour of soldiers from Caithness who had served their country in conflicts including Trafalgar, Waterloo and the Peninsular and Boer wars. ....

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Wild waves batter Wick harbour

Strong winds whipped up stormy conditions in Wick Bay on Sunday, with a succession of big waves breaking over the harbour walls. ....

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