Hoy Monday 2nd June
It was a dry morning but still windy and grey, one of the windows in the bothy blew in overnight it didn't even break the glass just pushed the whole window frame in.
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| Road from Rackwick |
I wanted to see the Dwarfie Stane, a Neolithic rock-cut tomb with some nice legends, so I set off up the road through the glen. Miles of nothing and a nearly empty road.
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| The Dwarfie Stane |
The Dwarfie Stane was suitably impressive and I enjoyed some time there before a minibus group arrived.
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| Information board |
I had thought of going over the hills to Lyness but the look of the heather and bog put me off and judging by the amount of traffic on the road I decided to just stay on the road and walk down the coast.
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| Across Scapa Flow |
There was almost no traffic and it was a very pleasant walk apart from some rather annoying back pain.
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| Steam crane at the Scapa Museum |
Arriving at the Lyness ferry terminal I found the Scapa Flow Museum. Even better, it had a café. I didn't have much time before the ferry but had a quick look round at the boilers and steam pumps that were used to move vast quantities of oil for the ships in Scapa Flow.
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| Pumps and engines |
Across to Mainland and a bus to Kirkwall campsite which I knew from my end to end walk.
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| Hoy from the ferry |
Ferry to Westray tomorrow?
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