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Published by bgraham, 2020-06-17 11:52:16

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Orkney and Scotland

Lots of stone and barren, but quiet places

Just a monument

Tomb of The Eagles, The Entrance

Bob Going Into the Tomb of The Eagles. The tunnel is only 15 feet long

Not for the claustrophobic.



Church in Kirkwall

Skara Brae, a 5000 year old settlement where they built furniture using stone.

More of Skara Brae showing stone furniture. The inhabitants left no written record.

Main Street Stromness We ate here one night

Our ferry ready to leave Orkney and go to mainland Scotland

Leaving Orkney

By the southern most part of Orkney the boat was rocking.

Before we went out to dinner my cousin had to bring in the horses. My cousin’s pet owl

My 99 year old uncle Gerri liked wind turbines

A turbine blade passed us on the road My nephew lives and works in this park.

My nephew lives and works in this park.

Italian Chapel on Orkney

The chapel was built by Italian prisoners of war captured by the Britis, mostly in Africa

All the walls are flat and painted to look like brick and stone





After a two hour plane ride from London, then a five hour drive to the top of Scotland followed by a 2 hour ferry trip to Orkney, we finally arrived at 9PM. The first thing we did the next day was to go to the chapel that was the reason for the trip.

Back in the UK, Dorset

Corfe Castle

The village of Corfe

Lulworth



Now you can see why the previous sign is there. Some people never read the sign Every year several people are killed here, either by falling from the cliffs or rock falls.







Where we stayed. Gerri waiting to go to dinner

Our last day in Dorset and tonight we are driving 250 miles back to London






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