{"id":1665,"date":"2020-08-24T17:59:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T17:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/?p=1665"},"modified":"2024-02-26T15:31:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:31:07","slug":"scotland-tour-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/24\/scotland-tour-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland Tour – Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We left Wick and drove to Scrabster to get the ferry to Stromness on the Orkney mainland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking across to the ferry terminal from Thurso.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waiting in line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Driving onto the boat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Leaving Scrabster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The journey took one and a half hours. The weather was perfect. It was quiet on the ferry with less than half the usual number of vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We passed the ‘Old Man of Hoy’, a sea stack.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Approaching Stromness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Leaving the boat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking down on the boat as we leave Stromness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We had a beautiful drive along the coast road to our holiday cottage at St Mary’s. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Glenduron Holiday Cottage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The view from the front of the cottage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There is a small jetty and slipway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We watched a yacht set off from the jetty.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The cottage looks out onto Scapa Flow, a body of water sheltered by the mainland and other, smaller islands. In 1919 the captured German fleet of 74 ships was scuttled by their crew to prevent the vessels falling into British hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vikings anchored their longships in Scapa Flow more than 1000 years ago. It is one of the world’s great natural harbours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow we will visit some of the smaller islands via causeways built by Italian prisoners of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More tomorrow <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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