{"id":1722,"date":"2020-08-27T20:20:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T20:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/?p=1722"},"modified":"2024-02-26T15:29:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:29:13","slug":"scotland-tour-day-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/27\/scotland-tour-day-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland Tour – Day 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The weather was amazing for our last day on the island. We went to the beach at Weddell Sound near Churchill Barrier Number 3 for a walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then we returned to the Italian Chapel to have a look inside. The POWs built it using two Nissan huts, as a place to worship while they built the barriers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Domenico Chiocchetti, one of the prisoners, was a talented artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Inside the chapel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We left our lovely fisherman’s cottage and drove to Kirkwall to have dinner at the Kirkwall Hotel prior to boarding the ferry to Lerwick, on the Shetlands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kirkwall harbour, across from the hotel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Off to the ferry now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We left the Orkneys at midnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The MV Hrossey <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hatston Pier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Our cabin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Goodnight!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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