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The Orkney Hotel Kirkwall

40 Victoria Street Kirkwall, Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland, KW15 1DN, United Kingdom

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The end of the rode ?

A travel blog entry by christefercrocu

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the end of the rode - litt err rally .... we flu 2 Wick ... { air port } - on theze trav alz... the best of the hoe telz ... the Seaview ... just on the out skirts of Jon O Goats.... frm the picky it may knot luck.. that brill ... don 't B ... Dee sea 'vd ... ! ... warm frend lea fam ...

Day 9 - the return journey.

A travel blog entry by robertosborough

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... places in their own right and well worth a visit if you're in the area. Worst bits - I'll keep my own counsel on those. I guess the guys will have their personal and collective views which they will doubtless mention in due course. I would however suggest that they would include the horrendous weather on Day 6 through Glasgow and Glen Coe and, of course, Simon's accident at Lockerbie.
Generally however, the ...

Day 171 - 18 August - A look around Orkney

A travel blog entry by wagaitwanderers

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... church I've been in which has a carved Viking longship on the altar. It also has a Viking warrior carved in one of the wall panels alongside high ranking clergy members.

After the church we went back to the car and went for a drive to the south of the island to have a look at the Churchill barriers blocking the eastern entrances to Scapa Flow where much of the British Naval fleet were stationed during the second world war. Not much to look at but they were ...

Day 170 - 17 August - Shetland to Orkney

A travel blog entry by wagaitwanderers

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... rang the garage who bought some jumper leads which worked and eventually I got to the shop.

After loading up the car we headed to the south end of the island to get back to Yell. There was some mist over the water and it was quite pretty so we stopped at Gutcher on Yell for morning tea. The lady running the shop advised us that a drive out to Cullivoe was worth a look so after a bite and tea/coffe we set out for a look. A lot of mist driving ...

Orkney Islands

A travel blog entry by cdennison

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... was a complete recreation of one of the houses, which gave an excellent sense of what it was like to live in one. It is believed there are many more buried villages but there is no intention to excavate them. The Ring of Brodgar is a huge stone circle, similar to stonehenge dating back 5000 years. Only 27 of the original 60 stones remain standing, they are about 10 feet high. Not much is ...

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