Orkney skies are perfect soft turquoise blues and yellows. The winds mean the skies can be ever changing and quietly dramatic. On our first few days there was calm, even over at the Churchill Barriers over Scapa Flow, where the British navy was stationed during the war. And where there is a tiny chapel built by the Italian prisoners of war. The next day we wandered down the historic street of Stromness to visit the museum there – that houses incredible array of artefacts from all across the world, there was trade via the Hudson Bay company and the explorer
Well worth visiting!
Famously there is the ancient Ring of Brodgar and the archaeological site of the Brodgar of Ness.
Kirkwall is the Orkney capital, and there are so many classy shops here. Also the impressive Kirkwall cathedral.
Up the west coast of Orkney there is the prehistoric Skara Brae. The winds got up on a drive up to Birsay Earls Palace ruins. Over on the east coast there is beautiful beaches and the new Sheila Fleet jewellery galleries. Plus the Bishop and Earls Palace.
Perfect & Magical
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| Stromness |
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