Caithness Science Festival 2018 - Launch Photos

16th March 2018

Photograph of Caithness Science Festival 2018 - Launch Photos

The Caithness Science Festival 2018 is still going strong in its sixteenth year. The official launch was on Tuesday this week with events running every day. Prof. Iain Baikie who founded the festival and still leads a team of enthusiastic people to run it. He thanked a range of people for their support.

At the event farewell was said to former Lord Lieutenant Ann Dunnet who has retired and was a long term supporter and patron. MP Jamie Stone opened the festival with astronaut Duane Carey telling why he liked coming back for a fifth time to the festiaval. Former MP and current Lord Lieutenant John Thurso gave vote of thanks.

A few demonstration tasters of the events for the week were on show to the people who were attending at the new Newton Park primary school.

Every school in Caithness has had events from the festival.

The big Fun Day is on Saturday 17 April 2018.

See photos in the Photo Gallery - link above.

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