Today was a big travel day. First a drive from Kirkwall to Stromness; then a the ferry over to Thurso, […]
Day 35, Orkney – Skara Brae and Maeshowe
The forecast for the day was dreary, but we had 2 very important sights to visit today. After a good […]
Day 34, Ahoy, not Hoy
We started today very early as we wanted to catch the 8 am ferry for Hoy Island. Here we would […]
Day 33, Orkney Islands – Mainland Island
Exploring the Mainland Island Our first full day in Orkney, we decided to do some hiking and exploring of the […]
Day 31, 32 Golspie to the Orkney Islands
Day 31, Dales to Golspie Our drive this morning was to be a long one. We left Richmond at 7 […]
Day 30, Muker – Thwaite walk, Yorkshire Dales
Today was our last day in the Dales, and so a shorter walk was planned as we had packing and […]
Day 28, Aysgarth Falls and Bolton Castle, Day 29, Durham and the Cathedral
We planned another lovely walk in the Dales today. This time a circle route, which we have done years before, […]
Day 26, 27 Dissolution of the Abbeys – King Henry VIII’s wrath.
Day 26, Rievaulx and Byland Abbeys It was pretty bleak day today, lots of rain in the forecast so we […]
Day 24, 25 Coronation Weekend Richmond and Marsk
Saturday was a lovely day, although not so lovely in London. We did a quick trip out to get some […]
Day 22 and 23 Holy Island and Richmond
Day 22: Holy Island, Lindisfarne Today was a early morning once again as we headed north to visit Holy Island. […]

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