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The next day was mostly on our own. First, we visited RSPB Cottacscarth: The Eddie Balfour hen harrier hide was a very nice place to watch for birds, with some great decoration by school children: Then we visited RSPB Birsay Moors which is located just over a hill with a wind turbine on it: As Read More …

“The Ring of Brodgar is the finest known truly circular late Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone ring and a later expression of the spirit which gave rise to Maeshowe, Stenness and Skara Brae.” Nomination of The Heart of Neolithic Orkney for inclusion in the World Heritage List http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/brodgar/ The bus also stopped at the Read More …

After arriving at Stromness, we stopped in at our hotel, the Merkister, where they recommended going to the Kirkwell Visitors Center to see about tours and tickets for some of the places we wanted to see. We arrived just in time to catch a coach (bus) tour of many of the top points across the Read More …

The ferry from Scrabster, just north of Thurso, was really fun. Even though the day was slightly rainy, cool, and foggy, the views were still great. Our first views of Hoy Island in the Orkney archipelago: Old Man of Hoy, sea stack: Views along the coast of Hoy:

After our great breakfast, we left Altnaharrah and headed north to Tongue near the northern coast of Scotland. Then we drove from Tongue to Bettyhill and along the coast to RSPB Broubster Leans. While Broubster Leans might be a great place sometimes of the year or for people who simply want to walk through the Read More …

Again, the next morning it was raining so we were not able to walk and take pictures are we’d hoped. In hopes of avoiding so many small roads we drove from Torridon almost all the way across Scotland to Dingwall where we stopped at a Tesco for some things. We found Tesco to be a Read More …

We got up early to catch the ferry to Skye, so we drove part way around the bay from Mallaig and took some pictures. Here is a good view of the ferry ready to load cars onboard: And here is the town of Mallaig: Our second ferry ride with the car was fun and the Read More …

Ralph found a tour run by James Taxis & Tours that we could get into. The plan was we’d take the ferry as foot passengers, meet James at the ferry terminal at Armadale, Skye, and do the tour with him. James already had six people signed up and his van could take eight passengers, so Read More …

We drove from Fort William to Kyle of Lochalsh through some beautiful scenery: Then we took the bridge over to the Isle of Skye, drove down to Kyleakin (by mistake since we took the wrong turn) and had a delicious lunch at the Castle Moil Restaurant. Next door was their gift shop and we bought Read More …

This was a lazy day. All we did was take in our laundry to be done (We found places that would wash and fold our stuff at various points along the trip, so we didn’t have to spend hours in a laundromat doing it.)  and then drove to the Glencoe & Lorn Folk Museum.   This Read More …