The sails on a windpump have turned for the first time in 76 years following a £350,000 restoration work that could see it return to its original use. Horsey Windpump was built in 1912 to take ...

In the 1860s there were terrible droughts, followed by fires. The well driller and windpump allowed deep wells to be dug, which gave water. New methods of dry farming were invented (the 'Turkey ...

Heritage volunteers in the flagstone village of Castletown have reacted to the discovery of fossils in a Caithness stone in ...

There is also parking at the National Trust Horsey Windpump a fair way from the beach but perfect for those who fancy a bracing stride across, often muddy, fields to get there, so take your wellies.

Our day job is to drive around the vast Karoo outlands of South Africa in a dusty bakkie looking for stories to tell. Not ...