Royal Hotel Kirkwall

40 Victoria Street Kirkwall, Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom

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The end of the rode ?

A travel blog entry by christefercrocu

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... weak a ship pass ing hear kan take uz onn bord witch iz head ing 4 Nyborg.... - iz this then the tru end of the rode...
this iz the best - that iz Y we chose 2 kum hear last....hand over Juliet Juliet and may 'k our way home ... the werst ? - well i thynk it iz a klose run ...

Day 9 - the return journey.

A travel blog entry by robertosborough

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... met along the way were obliging and helpful - singling out for special mention, the guys at the garage in Shrewsbury who sorted out the towing electrics, the staff at the Days Inn in Lockerbie, the very kind lady who came to Simon's assistance following his tumble outside her house at Lockerbie, the paramedics & staff at Dumfries Hospital A&E who patched him up and put him together again, Sheila at the Helmsdale ...

Day 171 - 18 August - A look around Orkney

A travel blog entry by wagaitwanderers

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... the same time as the henge. Also nearby is another stone circle called the Ring of Brodgar which we went to next.

We went for a lap around one of the lochs and back to Kirkwall along the south coast of the middle part of the mainland. Got a nice view of Hoy and some other nice scenery along the way then back to the hostel where we booked a tour of a 5000 year old burial mound for the next day and spent an evening in front of the tv and chatting with other guests.
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Day 170 - 17 August - Shetland to Orkney

A travel blog entry by wagaitwanderers

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Got to Lerwick and went to the terminal to make enquiries for the ferry to Kirkwall in Orkney and found the next ferry left in only one and a half hours so we got tickets and got in the queue. Being the first off meant we had to wait and be the last on.

An uneventful 5 hours or so later and we were disembarking in Kirkwall where we made our way to the Youth Hostel we had booked earlier. Tucked into bed safe and sound by midnight.
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Orkney Islands

A travel blog entry by cdennison

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... together by low alleyways. They were built into the ground to protect from the weather. Not much is known about the inhabitants and the village itself was only discovered 150 years ago due to a very large windstorm which stripped the grass from a large mound revealing a series of stone dwellings. It was very cool, fascinating actually. The tour guides did an excellent job of explaining the site ...

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