Friday, 20.07.2018 My days on Orkney were numbered, the North and West coast of Scotland were calling. The goal for the day was Lochinver, a nice disctance for the day with a few pretty spots to stop over. But like always time was in short supply and making it worse the weather didn’t play its part. Most of the time
Check Skara Brae, so onwards to other sights. First of all the two distilleries nearby, meaning in Kirkwall. Highland Park lies still atop the hill when entering Kirkwall, with a beautiful view over the city. Scapa in comparison lies outside the city proper on the plains in a district called, well, Scapa. As different as the location, so is the
Day 7 – The Orkneys Wednesday, 18.07.2018 The Orkneys or Orkads have been my long time travel wish. Try getting a bit further north every time is one reason, another is the hope of less tourists compared to the rest of northern Scotland. And of course Skara Brea. Never heard of it? Look to WIkipedia. From my B&B south of
Tuesday, 17.07.2018 Today I wanted to explore a somewhat bigger region again. But not before paying a visit to the nearby distillery. So first I went to Clynelish (pronounced klain-lisch, not klinellisch if I understood correctly), a rather unknown Dingle Malt brand. The simple reason for that is that this brand is part of the biggest conglomerate of Whisky distilleries
Monday, 16.07.2018 Not surprisingly the roughly 2000km of the last few days took their toll. That’s why I decided, after a delicious Scottish breakfast to stay in and catch up on sleep a bit. A bit turned into four hours and half the day was gone. That wasn’t acceptable. The plan for the day was anyway drive less, walk more.
Somehow it got a bit later at the camping site before I had packed my things and headed out for the next stage of my trip. I was dreading the weather already while packing my tent and watching the skies. From the direction of the Cairngorms the first deep grey rain clouds came rolling my way. And it was exactly
Saturday, 14.07.2018 Arrived! Newcastle turned out to be quite a nice harbour after all. I think I arrived here before, but that was so long ago I can’t remember anymore. North of the Forth of Tyne sits an old cathedral or castle, which looks nice on the stretch of land. All around some old lighthouses and sea-beacons. But Newcastle was
Time to lift the curtain and show what I’ve been up to these last few days. Obviously the night picture was at Travemünde harbor from aboard a ferry. I was hoping to catch some nice sunshine on the Baltic sea the next day, but this is what I got for my troubles: Well, no boat trip lasts forever, so early
So after the flight all other parts of the trip went smoothly. A real big and essential part of the Scotland trip is now accounted for and I could start my return to Finland. I was planning to post an intermediate shot, but I didn’t have internet at the time, so this is a “double feature”. At around noon today
Well, next step on that long and winding road. So what’s that got to do with anything? You’ll see soon enough. … to be continued.