Scotland Route chosen: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness -> the Orkney Islands. Flying to cold Scotland – winter snow in Turkey! GLASGOW :My hotel outlook EDINBURGH: Our ‘local’ The Castle! Edinburgh: view from hotel The Edinburg Literary pub crawl (‘tour’) The lit. pub visit audience The Botanic gardens + Edinburgh break! The Britannia Lunch on-board! Britannia’s engine room Cold Aberdeen morning Aberdeen maritime museum Aberdeen local (huge choice) Maritime museum – drilling rig model Old university Aberdeen INVERNESS – our hotel bar Inverness beside river Ness River Ness junction with Beauly Firth Caledonian canal in use our Inverness ‘home’ beer garden! At last ready to sail to the Orkneys a Seawatch buoy in for repair? Ferry off the island of Hoy – a taste of future weather! Destination Stromness getting close…