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To the top of mainland Scotland
Left our campsite at Inverness this morning and headed towards John O' Groats the most northern part of the mainland. Last year we made it to the most southern part of England , traveling with Carol and Graham , so this trip was a must. From Lands End to John O' Groats, it may have taken more than 12 months , but we made it, unfortunately Carol and Graham could not be with us this time. It was a very scenic ...
Good morning day 1
Weather is looking good so far but can change quickly when we hit the big climbs of the day. We aim to have breakfast at 7. Gordon our host for the night is cooking a big fry up. And aim to be on the road for 8. Traveling west to tongue then south to binary bridge 106 miles. From jogle ...
Returning to Westray
... at the Barn. Thank you John and Isabell for allowing us to hast this in the Chalmersquoy residence. We had Haddock and chips from the local fish and chip shop as well as a number of salads and deserts supplied by Joy and my sister Margaret. The night went off well and everyone had a great evening wuth plenty of stories and jokes being told. There where also a number of occasions that the three kiwis had absolutely no idea of what had been said due to the accents of the Westray ones.
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Day 2, Orkney and the Gunn's
... Chuck (the clan piper) played both at the castle and in the small church, he found a new talent here and started the legend of the coo caller as each time he played the cows came running to see what was going on much to our parties (and Chucks) amusement.
The guides painted a fairly discriptive picture of a blood thirsty bunch of people (vikings after all) the easiest way then, as now to deal with issues was well to deal with the cause which seems ...
Day 1 Kirkwall
Today began with a church service at St Magnus's cathedral then a number of the clan departed on a coach tour of Mainland Orkney, which took in Skara Brae and Skaill House, past the ring of Brodger, Stenness standing stones and Maes Howe, visit to Stromness museum and view Logins well where a number of voyages for both Hudson Bay and Captain ...
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