Stayed from 25th May to 3rd June then back to Inverness again.
Highlights: MANY :).
Destination reached: STROMNESS portOrkneys base – KIRKWALL reached – ruins near hotel (25th May)1st full day: 26th at breakfast, our menu choices for tonight’s dinner Walk 1: Skara Brae to Brough of Birsay 9crossing a fence!)Brough of Birsay – we crossed on short causewayBrough of Birsay lighthouse (yes solar powered with low sun angle)29th May – yes it was cold wet & windy!RSBP Marwick HeadView of the Choin in Marwick Head ReserveKirkwall harbour and 2 of the cruise linersItalian Chapel (WW2)WW2 causeways still in placeOur hotel bar: good beer tooKirkwall welcomes cruise liners…Ring of Brodgar location (badly cropped) …Ring of Brodgar (part)Farmers demonstrating (28th May)Kirkwall cathedralUK & NorwayA happy hour at our hotelEnthusiastic visitors! (29th May)Rousay’s neolithic tomb “The Great Ship of Death”Near the Trumland Nature reserveKirkwall harbour: specialised fishing ‘nets’31 May: heading to Westray IslandMy 1st Puffin pics (31st May)We’re being watched!More and more Puffins :))Morning breakWest Westray refreshments1st June on way to HoyNear Ophir BayOld man of Hoy 😐Resting on Ward Hill (well waiting!)Ward Hill viewsOur group carefully descending Ward Hill2nd June: Back in Kirkwall a day ‘off’ to explore our nearest attractions!!Up the Kirkwall castle ruinsLocal Ale… tempting…also tempting, very!2nd June 21:23 leaving Stromness for a night aboard the ferry shuttling between the mainland & islands!Passing the old man of Hoy (again) at 21:443rd June: back on mainland at Scrabster portMeeting our replacement NRBC team midway between Scrabster and Inverness 🙂
