Ork17.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Skaill house library. (panorama)
DSC02515.JPG=Tourist map of our excursion.
DSC00997.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Skaill house.
Ork06.JPG=Scotland; Lovely countryside of the Orkney Islands overlooking Skapa Flow.
DSC00844.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands; The ferry trip to Burwich on South Ronaldsay.
DSC01058.JPG=Scotland; Back to the Orkney Islands capital, Kirkwall.
DSC00905.JPG=Scotland; St Magnus Cathedral in the Orkney Islands capital, Kirkwall.
DSC01036.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Orkney trout fishing club.
DSC01027.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Ring of Brodgar.
DSC00921.JPG=Scotland; Many ancient ruins on the Orkney Islands.
DSC00874.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands and Skapa Flow.
DSC00932.JPG=Scotland; Lovely countryside of the Orkney Islands overlooking Skapa Flow and the island of Hoy in the distance.
DSC00948.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Stromness harbour.
DSC00904.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands - phone booths in Kirkwall.
DSC00875.JPG=Scotland, Salmon farms beached at the Orkney Islands.
DSC01069.JPG=Scotland; St Magnus Cathedral in the Orkney Islands capital, Kirkwall.
DSC00934.JPG=Scotland; Lovely countryside of the Orkney Islands overlooking Skapa Flow and the island of Hoy in the distance.
DSC00998.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Skaill house gardens.
DSC01048.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands country road.
DSC01011.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Skaill house drawing room.\
					
Ork11.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Inside the replica of one of the homes complete with stone "furniture" at the Neolithic village of Skara Brae. (panorama)
DSC00973.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. The homes in Skara Brae.
DSC00927.JPG=Scotland; Lovely countryside of the Orkney Islands overlooking Skapa Flow and the island of Hoy in the distance.
DSC01090.JPG=Scotland; Kirkwall, bridal party in highland dress at the ruins of the old Bishops' palace.
DSC00890.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands. Skapa Flow shipwrecks.
DSC00945.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Stromness harbour.
DSC00893.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands. Skapa Flow shipwrecks.
DSC01028.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Ring of Brodgar.
Ork32.jpg=Scotland; St Magnus Cathedral in the Orkney Islands capital, Kirkwall. 13th century font, and 16th  and 17th century gravestones.
DSC01020.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Loch of Harray.
DSC01052.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands country road.
DSC00950.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. As the stern swung round, it seemed that it would hit the blue vessel. It would have, had the stern not slammed into the wharf. It's hard to imagine just what the skipper was on!!!
Ork07.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Stromness harbour. (panorama)
DSC01082.JPG=Scotland; St Magnus Cathedral in the Orkney Islands capital, Kirkwall. A memorial to John Rae, an Orcadian Arctic explorer.\
					
DSC00978.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. The Neolithic village of Skara Brae and Skaill house in the background.
DSC00991.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Skaill house.
DSC00931.JPG=Scotland; Lovely countryside of the Orkney Islands.
DSC01089.JPG=Scotland; Kirkwall, ruins of the old Bishops' palace.
DSC01063.JPG=Scotland; Orkney Islands capital, Kirkwall radio station.
DSC01116.JPG=Orkney Islands, Scotland. Returning to John O'Groats.
DSC00924.JPG=Scotland; Lovely countryside of the Orkney Islands overlooking Skapa Flow and the island of Hoy in the distance.
Ork24.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Ring of Brodgar. (panorama)
DSC00898.JPG=Scotland; Lovely countryside of the Orkney Islands.
DSC00858.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands; Burwich on South Ronaldsay.
DSC00979.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. The Neolithic village of Skara Brae.
DSC00963.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Plan of the settlement of homes at the Neolithic village of Skara Brae. The village was discovered almost intact, after a fierce storm in 1850 washed sand dunes away and exposed the 5000 year old remains.
DSC00949.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. This boat came in Stromness harbour at an unbelievable speed and was lucky not to have caused serious damage to his vessel, a moored vessel and the wharf.\
					
Ork26.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. The Standing Stones of Stenness. (panorama)
DSC00907.JPG=Scotland; Town centre in the Orkney Islands capital, Kirkwall.
Ork10.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. At the Neolithic village of Skara Brae. (panorama)
DSC00996.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Skaill house.
DSC01087.JPG=Scotland; opposite St Magnus Cathedral is the ruins of the old Bishops' palace.
DSC01084.JPG=Scotland; St Magnus Cathedral in the Orkney Islands capital, Kirkwall.
DSC00959.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. A quick lunch in the Stromness hotels' Skapa Flow restaurant.
DSC00967.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. At the Neolithic village of Skara Brae.
Ork30.JPG=Orkney Islands, Scotland. Leaving Burwick bay on our return journey to John O'Groats. (panorama)
DSC00971.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Entering a replica of one of the homes at the Neolithic village of Skara Brae.
DSC00850.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands; The entrance to the small port at Burwich on South Ronaldsay.
Ork25.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Ring of Brodgar and the surrounding ditch. (panorama)
Ork29.JPG=Orkney Islands, Scotland. Our return journey from Burwick bay. (panorama)
Ork18.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Skaill house. (panorama)
DSC01095.JPG=Orkney Islands, Scotland. Inside the WWII Italian Chapel built by Italian POWs using two wartime Nissen huts and scrounged materials.
Ork33.jpg=Scotland; St Magnus Cathedral in the Orkney Islands capital, Kirkwall.
DSC00909.JPG=Scotland; Lovely countryside of the Orkney Islands.
DSC01092.JPG=Scotland; St Magnus Cathedral in the Orkney Islands capital, Kirkwall.
DSC00977.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. The Neolithic village of Skara Brae and the Bay of Skaill.
DSC00903.JPG=Scotland; The Orkney Islands capital, Kirkwall.\
					
DSC00930.JPG=Scotland; Lovely countryside of the Orkney Islands.
DSC00863.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands; Burwich on South Ronaldsay.
Ork34.jpg=Scotland; St Magnus Cathedral in the Orkney Islands capital, Kirkwall.
DSC01035.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Ring of Brodgar.
Ork12.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Looking down into the homes in Skara Brae. (panorama)
DSC01057.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands countryside views nearing Kirkwall.
DSC00845.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands; The ferry trip to Burwich on South Ronaldsay.
DSC00975.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Underground passageways through the Neolithic village of Skara Brae.
DSC01026.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Ring of Brodgar.
DSC00923.JPG=Scotland; Lovely countryside of the Orkney Islands overlooking Skapa Flow.
DSC01106.JPG=Orkney Islands, Scotland. Our return journey from Burwick bay.
DSC01091.JPG=Scotland; Kirkwall, ruins of the old Bishops' palace.
DSC00911.JPG=Scotland; Lovely countryside of the Orkney Islands overlooking the North Sea.
DSC01066.JPG=Scotland; St Magnus Cathedral in the Orkney Islands capital, Kirkwall.
DSC01115.JPG=Orkney Islands, Scotland. Good swells rolling the ferry on our return journey to John O'Groats.
DSC00869.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands; South Ronaldsay.
DSC00962.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Stromness town hall.
DSC01113.JPG=Orkney Islands, Scotland. Returning to John O'Groats.
Ork09.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Stromness harbour. (panorama)
DSC01100.JPG=Orkney Islands, Scotland. Statue, handmade from wire and cement at the Italian Chapel.
DSC00937.JPG=Scotland; Lovely countryside of the Orkney Islands.
Ork20.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Skaill house drawing room. (panorama)
Ork08.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Stromness harbour. (panorama)
DSC00938.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Stromness harbour.
DSC00944.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Stromness harbour.
Ork35.jpg=Scotland; St Magnus Cathedral in the Orkney Islands capital, Kirkwall.
Ork22.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Ring of Brodgar. (panorama)
Ork21.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Skaill house. (panorama)
DSC01105.JPG=Orkney Islands, Scotland. Our return journey from Burwick bay.
DSC00865.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands; South Ronaldsay.
Ork31.jpg=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Handpainted wooden notices in the Stromness hotel.
Ork01.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands; Our arrival in the small port at Burwich on South Ronaldsay. (panorama)
DSC00900.JPG=Scotland; Lovely countryside of the Orkney Islands overlooking the capital, Kirkwall.
DSC00982.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Looking down into one of the homes in Skara Brae.
DSC01073.JPG=Scotland; St Magnus Cathedral in the Orkney Islands capital, Kirkwall. The ships' bell from the Royal Oak in memory of the 833 seamen lost when German U47 was able to scrape into Skapa Flow in the middle of the night and sink the ship.
Ork36.jpg=Orkney Islands, Scotland. Highlights.
DSC00895.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands. Skapa Flow causeway.
DSC01038.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Farm house at the Standing Stones of Stenness.
DSC00940.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Stromness harbour.
DSC01110.JPG=Orkney Islands, Scotland. Leaving Burwick bay on our return journey to John O'Groats.
DSC01096.JPG=Orkney Islands, Scotland. The WWII Italian Chapel built by Italian POWs using two wartime Nissen huts and scrounged materials.
DSC01074.JPG=Scotland; St Magnus Cathedral in the Orkney Islands capital, Kirkwall.
DSC00987.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. An artist impression of Skara Brae.
DSC01056.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands salmon farming.
DSC00899.JPG=Scotland; Lovely countryside of the Orkney Islands.
DSC00885.JPG=Scotland, old stone dividing walls on the Orkney Islands farms.
DSC01049.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. The chambered tomb of Maeshowe.
Ork14.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Bay of Skaill. (panorama)
Ork16.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Skaill house. (panorama)
DSC00882.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands. One of the causeways that started life as the "Churchill Barriers" to prevent enemy attacks from East side of Skapa Flow and the North Sea.
DSC01055.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands countryside views.
Ork05.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands. Skapa Flow shipwrecks and the "Churchill Barriers", now causeways. (panorama)
DSC00867.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands; South Ronaldsay.
DSC00993.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Skaill house.
DSC01053.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands countryside views.
Ork27.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Loch beside the Standing Stones of Stenness. (panorama)
Ork15.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Bay of Skaill. (panorama)
DSC00888.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands. Skapa Flow shipwrecks.
DSC00964.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Entry to a replica of one of the homes at the Neolithic village of Skara Brae.
DSC00920.JPG=Scotland; Lovely countryside of the Orkney Islands.
Ork04.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands. Two of the causeways that started life as the "Churchill Barriers" to prevent enemy attacks from East side of Skapa Flow and the North Sea. (panorama)
OrkneyHistory.jpg=A brief history
DSC01021.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Ring of Brodgar.
Ork19.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands. Skaill house drawing room. (panorama)
Ork28.JPG=Scotland; St Magnus Cathedral in the Orkney Islands capital, Kirkwall. (panorama)
DSC01051.JPG=Scotland, Orkney Islands country road.
DSC00886.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands. A causeway that started life as the "Churchill Barriers" with shipwrecks each side.
DSC00891.JPG=Scotland, the Orkney Islands. Skapa Flow shipwrecks.
