Stromness – my last stop in Orkney – is a very lovely town and my little cottage had the best views of the harbour and the boats going in and out. The ferry was a constant visitor, but there was also a very special boat coming in and staying for a few days, this beautiful […]
Back on “mainland” Orkney I made one more stop before going back home and visited the Earl´s Bu and Church in Ophir. During the early period of Norse ruling, Ophir was a centre of power. The Orkneyinga Saga, dating to about 1136, tells of a great Yule feast given by Earl Paul at his bu, […]
One more look at the beautiful Rackwick Valley in Hoy and then I started my journey back towards the ferry port. Hoy is the second largest island in Orkney and has the highest hill of all the islands that form Orkney. It somehow looks more like the Highlands than the rest of the softer Orkney […]