Kirkwall, in The Orkney's

 Saturday, September 28. Cold as Hell, Windy. 9 C.

Today we went on an early 'Orkney's Archaeological Wonders' tour. We have run out of Cold Weather Clothing, we were wearing it all. The sun was out and the sky was Azure Blue. But, it was bitterly Cold!

Our guide was a Welshman but also an Archaeologist and has worked on the Digs up the the area we went to. So we had the best possible guide we could get. The ship got in at 7:00 am and sailed at 1:00 pm as we have a long run down south to Belfast, Ireland tomorrow.

Apologies for a Lumpy Blog, the internet is worse here than in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and we are a few miles off the coast of Great Britain, make one wonder???

A Cold and Windy Day, But Interesting!

There, now we know where we are!

This is known as 'A Standing Stone' for obvious reasons. They are in several ares around here. Much is unknown about them, who, and why they were placed here. 

At least I know the name of the Stones.

Somebody lived up here until  about 1995.

The crops are in up here as  they are further down south.

Spooky and mysterious looking things.

This dwelling was covered in sand for a few thousand years and on a very stormy night in 1850 was uncovered. The Lord used it as a play area for the children until it was excavated properly much, much later. Fascinating to walk where the ancients lived! 

Doug cannot resist posing with big guns! Windy and cold or not.

Now here it was actually not windy but warm! A walled Garden.

Speaks for itself. We had a hot coffee in the cafe and Gift Shop.

My lunch on Board. That and a milk shake.