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Returning to Westray
... village that is earlier than the settlement at Skara Brae by around 500 years so approximately 5000 years old. We also did the Island Tour with Stewart Thompson and where well informed of the history of the places we visited.
On returning to Westray we spent most of our time exploring and looking for Puffins which this time where more plentiful and we got some photos and video of them.
On Saturday the 4th August we hosted all our relatives that we had meet to a fish and ...
Day 2, Orkney and the Gunn's
... winter in barns (6 months or so) in barns with very close contact with humans. There was also an interesting looking herd of black sheep on the island which I believe are hebridean sheep, possible trophy potential? The commoditiy prices have been low in the UK and it has cost more to shear the sheep than the fleece is worth so it seems in many cases the wool is left to naturally shed. Beef has been ok but there are issues as you have to get them ...
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 ...
The gathering begins
We arrived a day early for the gathering to allow us to gain our feet after all the travel.
The Hostel is nicely appointed and the owner is friendly and helpful. We had a quick re-orient with Kirkwall for Joy and I and an bit of an orientation for Margaret and the Frasers.
Unfortunately we had a family split at this ...
Highlands & Islands
... the winners scored 19.
When the quiz had finished I noticed it was still quite light outside, even though it was about 10.30pm, but we are so much further north so I suppose that’s to be expected. When I went outside on deck I was surprised at how mild it was; a beautiful calm night with hardly a ripple on the sea.
Then members of the show company came back on stage and sang some famous duets before we went off to bed, once again well after ...
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