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To the top of mainland Scotland
... is. Seems the spot has become a lot more popular since Mc Gregor and Boorman stared their motorbike trip through Africa from there and made the documentary of it all.
We had some lunch at the cafe and even though we were going to stay in a park close to here we decided to head back to Inverness , had lots of time to drive back so why not. Actually the trip back was more scenic and spectacular, the sun was ...
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
... 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
Today we travelled by RORO ferry (Rollon Rolloff) to the Isle of Wyre (yep pronounced wire) this was an interesting visit to see Cubbie Roos castle ruin and the small kirk built there.
This is possibly one of the earliest ties to Orkney for the clan as it is recognised as the stronghold of Snaekoll Gunnison one of the early clan chiefs.
We had two local guides with us today who spoke very informatively about the castle and its links to clan ...
Day 1 Kirkwall
... to tell local stories and be the caller for the dancing, our bar staff for the evening where David and Amy Stevenson (yep more relatives who we had not previously met) there where other locals on hand too help out with the dancing, the food was all local fare,lots of fun was had and plenty of laughter as we got lost in the dance moves (even with a ...
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