It´s been a long day already, but there was one more thing I wanted to do – the Isle of Birsay, which one only can visit during low tide. But right next to the pathway, or better said, nearby is the Earl´s Palace and invites for a short visit. It was the residence of […]
The Italian Chapel in Orkney, built on the Island Lamb Holm by Italian prisoners of war, is a very special reminder of hard times. In October 1939 a German submarine under the command of Gunther Prien entered Scapa Flow and sank the British battleship ‘HMS Royal Oak’ with the loss of 834 lives. Winston Churchill, […]
After spending some time in the Ring of Brodgar, I continued along the road further down south, crossing the Churchill barriers until I arrived at Saint Margaret’s Hope on the island of South Ronaldsay. St. Margarets Hope is the third largest settlement in Orkney and it is a lovely little town down in the south. […]