Posts Tagged ‘Kirkwall’
Stone village in Orkney proves one of a kind
A massive storm swept through this region and so we remained tied up in Kirkwall. In retrospect, this looked providential. We were able to visit the Broch of Gurness and the town of Stromness, and those of us who had not yet managed to explore Kirkwall got to visit St. Magnus Cathedral, with its John…
Read MoreYo, Orkney! Skara Brae to Clestrain
People were living at Skara Brae before Egyptians built the pyramids. By the time other neolitithic folk started work on Stonehenge in England, they had resided here, facing out over the salt water, for three to four hundred years – and even had time to abandon the site. To stand here today, in the 21st…
Read MoreCliffside scramble dates back beyond the Vikings
We almost didn’t tackle the climb. But the idea of seeing a ruined medieval chapel dating back to before the Vikings — we’re talking the mid-900s, more than 1,000 years ago — well, who could resist? We climbed the narrow, rocky path that leads to the top of the Brough (pronounced Brock) of Deerness. This…
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