Well, we did some tourist bits, but there’s loads left to do, we’ll just have to go back…
3rd July
Replica of Skara Brae
Hole perfectly sized for a 10 year old boy, but no lock and key
No hole big enough for a strapping 14 year old
The remains of the real thing
Skail House
Kayak graveyard in Stromness
What?!
5th July
The Italian Chapel
An interesting WII PoW story, but I won’t go into the details here.
Astounding interior
One of the wrecks as we crossed the Churchill Barriers
Bronze Age site at the Tomb of the Eagles
The Original Visitor Centre
Recycling at it’s best…
One..
…by one…
…by one…
…they disappeared!
My interior photographs are not very good.
10th July
Bishop’s Palace, Kirkwall
St Magnus Cathedral, well, bits of it
Inside the Earl’s Palace
11th July
A terrible photograph of The Gloop
It was a tunnel from the sea into a cave until the roof collapsed. Or it could have been a blow hole.
The nice steps going to the Brough of Deerness
The slightly less nice steps…
There is currently an archaeological excavation at the Brough, but I didn’t get any photographs.
We made our way to the trig at Mull Head and carried on to complete a circuit. Well, for a little while, before we turned back to try to find an alternative route. The resident arctic skuas didn’t like us much, poor Aedan was dive-bombed! If I had realised they were nesting there, obviously I would have found the other path straight off, but we’d grown so accustomed to seeing them patrolling the cliff tops, I hadn’t paid attention. As soon as I saw it swooping along the moorland skyline towards Aedan, I realised my mistake and we beat a hasty retreat to find the less distinct cliff top path. Ooops. Added a little excitement to the day.
12th July
The causeway to the Brough of Birsay
This trip has to be well planned, there is a four hour window which allows you to walk the causeway to visit the Brough
The orange ant in the middle is TTS going back to the car to retrieve the picnic
14th July
The Broch of Gurness
15th July
Waulkmill Bay
Who needs the Med?
Next, the Nature Bit
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