Just returning from a week in the Orkneys in what now has seemed to become a quest to visit the islands  around the UK – Shetland next!

We seemed to drop lucky weather wise or so the locals told us – “haven’t had weather as good as this since October last year” greeted the slightly overcast sky with the odd sunny day! And ” there’s not much wind” for the constant wind that made cycling great in one direction and not so great in the other.

The Italian Church – Built by Italian POW’s

Italian Church – constructed from Nissan hut

As always in Scotland some great camping locations right next to the sea.

Wheems Organic Campsite

We stayed in three locations St Margaret’s Hope, Kirkwall and Stromness.

Calm before the storm – Stromness