Yes I know it’s only three weeks since we got back from our holiday in Belgium and Holland, and I still have a lot of blogposts to write about that trip, but we’re off to Orkney tomorrow, a place neither of us have been to before.
We have to drive north up to John O’Groats to get a ferry over to Orkney, I’ve been told that it’s usually a fairly rough passage – I live in hope!
We decided to go to Orkney when a friend recommended it, he had had a great time and was going back for more. Apparently a week isn’t long enough to see everything of interest, there are loads of neolithic sites to visit, standing stones, burial chambers and remains of settlements.
I have no idea what the internet connection is going to be like, but I’m going to try to schedule some blogposts before we leave anyway. The weather forecast doesn’t look too wonderful for the beginning of the week, fingers crossed it isn’t too bad!
Have a great time! Looking forward to the pictures!
Peggy,
It’s all going well so far!
It looks a beautiful and fascinating place.
Coincidentally, I looked just yesterday at a website there, having idly wondered whether jewellery with a “Merry Dancers” motif existed. It does, and there are other lovely themes too.
Do you take your car on the ferry?
Looking forward to reading about your trip.
Bon Voyage and good weather!
Valerie,
Coincidentally I’ve just been looking at Islander an Orkney magazine and it mentions the Merry Dancers – Northern Lights of course, I’ll have to look out for the jewellery.
Yes we took our car on the ferry, it goes very fast, but from our place to the cottage we are in took 12 hours.