The weather got wilder when I reached my second visiting spot – Midhowe Cairn and Broch, one can see the broch on the shoreline. It was just a short walk down from the small parking space to the coastline to reach a small settlement, the cairn and the broch. Midhowe settlement & church When I […]
It was time for a day trip to Rousay, the little island just vis a vis from Evie and the Broch of Gurness. It is the 6th largest island of Orkney and around 200 people live in Rousay. Travelling there is a bit scary, at least the part when you have to reverse drive onto […]
The Knowes of Trotty – I actually “found” them while looking for a nice little walk in Orkney. And taking a little hike to a Bronze Age cemetery really sounded intriguing. I circled around them first as I couldn´t find the starting point for the walk, but in the end I found the tiny parking […]