Inverness
On our way up to Orkney and back we stayed over in Inverness, so we could meet friends and relatives. […]
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We have returned from a short visit to the north and to Orkney, which is written up as a set
The day for our visit to Skara Brae turned out to be much like the previous couple, except that the
Skara Brae – at last! Read Post »
We had another day of sunshine and showers, but the sunshine happened at the right times again. Most of our
Ring of Brodgar and Brough of Birsay Read Post »
We had originally booked our visit to Skara Brae (yes, you really have to book as it’s so busy) for
Orphir, Stones of Stenness and Stromness Read Post »
As a radio amateur with an interest in things historical I couldn’t miss a visit to the Orkney Wireless Museum
Orkney Wireless Museum Read Post »
Our first full day in Orkney was forecast to be wet, so we made it a museum day. The rain
A wet day in Kirkwall Read Post »
We took the Pentland Ferries route to Orkney as it arrives in the south of the islands close to where
It’s 50 years since a group of undergraduates from the Cambridge University Astronomical Society had a holiday surveying megalithic sites
After several years of enforced absence we have returned to the mainland of Europe! I have now added some more
Getting ready for our summer holidays – a Europe map for the car sat nav!
After a long gap, we travelled again. Lovely to be able to visit the “fam” in Toronto. We had to
Last year we had intended to visit East Anglia on our way home from the nyckel;harpa gathering at Halsway. Unfortunately
We had a great (if very brief) visit to Inverness, to the “Out of the Box” concert where David Chadwick
Even though it’s right by the motorway, as a retired astronomer I like to see this building – the Tycho
Heading home from Sweden Read Post »
There are lots of rune stones in the part of Sweden we were visiting. This was the biggest, with runes
We visited Älvkarleby whilst in Sweden so that I could see the clock tower immortalised in two tunes which Byss-Calle
Byss-Calle pilgrimage Read Post »