Anyone interested in Thatched Roof tradition in Orkney Farm Buildings, there's an article on this at : http://www.orkney.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1355 And for anyone on the list in Orkney on March 28th, Corrigal Farm Museum have a Strae (Straw) Day from 2 to 5pm. (Admission Free). Visitors can see simmons rope being made as well as having a go, and can try "needling a roof" too. The straw ropes being made are part of a project for re-roofing the Crows Nest at Rackwick, Hoy in June, led by Paul Newman of the Scottish Vernacular Buildings Trust. Sian Graemsay Orkney