boat left orkney at 9 this morning docked in thurso at 1030
was in inverness at 1230
perth at 1500
southwaite at 1650
home at 1815 :lol
ouch
dunc :finger
bwti got cancelled for this weekend about 3 months ago - i wangled the week off and said to chris, fancy orkney?
as you see by the above pic ive always wanted to go see that particular rock..........
so i started out on tuesday, planning to meet the k monster in inverness on thursday evening.........
started in manc and despite saying no motorway used the m66 to get past bury
off towards burnley then skipton then squiggly bits to aysgarth
this is near the nature reserve bit @ aysgarth (i think) stopped there and this was about half mile further up
684 to leyburn then 6108 to richmond then barnard castle then 6277 to alston
b road to brampton then
slaaaaaaaaaaag
land of ecosse
selkirk and innerleithen folowed
310 miles only 12 on mway
left at 1 ish - in cumbernauld for 8.30 or so
wednesday
rain :cry
started heading for kirkintilloch and loch lomond via milton of campsie (wha'?) dungoyne and alexandria........
head for inverary but went wrong way and ended up in crianlarich :lol :box so kept goin raahhhhnd and went down 819 to inverary
this was between rary and gilphead but no idea if it has a name or not.........
this isnt ireland
up thursday and.......
ratagan hostel neaar kyle of lochalsh http://www.syha.org.uk/home.aspx
the view from the front door - big difference to weds night mist everywhere
ooof!!!
had second thoughts almost as had got to fort wully and was feeling knackered but was worth it for that......
onwards macduff - skye calling
eilean donan castle
skye bridge
the car park at broadford......started raining again and decided to get off and head over to ness........
via
famous for??
CLICK ME!!!! ^^^
in in
main st plockton (moo)
and famous for?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamish_Macbeth_(TV_series)
a832 to achnasheen then a890 to inverness
dropped some bits off in inverness then went to meet friend in braemar
long day (again)
in in
then met mad friend - erm hello?
then went
s and saw this
took him to the castle pub
whys it called that??
50 yards away
gotta love the view man........
and up friday morning
brekky then two hours
on the way
hoy (and the old man)
^^^ CLICK ME
are we nearly there yet?
dropped top boxx at b and b http://www.houtonbaylodge.com/
handy for ferry to hoyin in in
then had a brew and chilled for a bit then went for a bimble
the cleanest tidiest most picturesque toilet in scotland
any idea what these are there were fahsands of them......
by the time id walked the the other side chris had gone
followed signs to scapa off the main rd and came across it - scapa flow was further round - the area is scapa which is why there were signs everywhere :lol
next up stones of stenness
http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/standingstones/
then ring of brodgar
http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/brodgar/
same shit more stones
then to marwick head to see kitcheners monument
http://www.submerged.co.uk/the-kitchener-memorial-orkney.php
at the top (puff pant)
1km walk uphill to get to it will all bike gear on :138:
this guy went up (shoulda nicked it)
then off the birsay to find the place with the norty name (all the signs have been taken down it seems) :008:
so we went here
round the back of the palace
http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/brochs/gurness/
http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af120/shamone67/orkney%20part%202/SAM_0186.jpg[/IMG
[img]http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af120/shamone67/orkney%20part%202/SAM_0187.jpg
they wanted 5 quid and mate said he couldnt be bothered :008:
then round to scapa flow (finally) to see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_Barriers
then italian chapel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Chapel
that was it - more beers saturday neet
then boat 9am yesterday and landed 1030 was in the house for 615 - petrol in brora perth and southwaite only then pinned
on the boat sunday morning - opoor bugga must been tired (or spent too much time with me
thanks chris
ps i now know who neil munro is
was in inverness at 1230
perth at 1500
southwaite at 1650
home at 1815 :lol
ouch
dunc :finger
bwti got cancelled for this weekend about 3 months ago - i wangled the week off and said to chris, fancy orkney?
as you see by the above pic ive always wanted to go see that particular rock..........
so i started out on tuesday, planning to meet the k monster in inverness on thursday evening.........
started in manc and despite saying no motorway used the m66 to get past bury
off towards burnley then skipton then squiggly bits to aysgarth
this is near the nature reserve bit @ aysgarth (i think) stopped there and this was about half mile further up
684 to leyburn then 6108 to richmond then barnard castle then 6277 to alston
b road to brampton then
slaaaaaaaaaaag
land of ecosse
selkirk and innerleithen folowed
310 miles only 12 on mway
left at 1 ish - in cumbernauld for 8.30 or so
wednesday
rain :cry
started heading for kirkintilloch and loch lomond via milton of campsie (wha'?) dungoyne and alexandria........
head for inverary but went wrong way and ended up in crianlarich :lol :box so kept goin raahhhhnd and went down 819 to inverary
this was between rary and gilphead but no idea if it has a name or not.........
this isnt ireland
up thursday and.......
ratagan hostel neaar kyle of lochalsh http://www.syha.org.uk/home.aspx
the view from the front door - big difference to weds night mist everywhere
ooof!!!
had second thoughts almost as had got to fort wully and was feeling knackered but was worth it for that......
onwards macduff - skye calling
eilean donan castle
skye bridge
the car park at broadford......started raining again and decided to get off and head over to ness........
via
famous for??
CLICK ME!!!! ^^^
in in main st plockton (moo)
and famous for?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamish_Macbeth_(TV_series)
a832 to achnasheen then a890 to inverness
dropped some bits off in inverness then went to meet friend in braemar
long day (again)
in in
then met mad friend - erm hello?
then went
s and saw this
took him to the castle pub
whys it called that??
50 yards away
gotta love the view man........
and up friday morning
brekky then two hours
on the way
hoy (and the old man)
^^^ CLICK ME
are we nearly there yet?
dropped top boxx at b and b http://www.houtonbaylodge.com/
handy for ferry to hoy
in in in then had a brew and chilled for a bit then went for a bimble
the cleanest tidiest most picturesque toilet in scotland
any idea what these are there were fahsands of them......
by the time id walked the the other side chris had gone
followed signs to scapa off the main rd and came across it - scapa flow was further round - the area is scapa which is why there were signs everywhere :lol
next up stones of stenness
http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/standingstones/
then ring of brodgar
http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/brodgar/
same shit more stones
then to marwick head to see kitcheners monument
http://www.submerged.co.uk/the-kitchener-memorial-orkney.php
at the top (puff pant)
1km walk uphill to get to it will all bike gear on :138:
this guy went up (shoulda nicked it)
then off the birsay to find the place with the norty name (all the signs have been taken down it seems) :008:
so we went here
round the back of the palace
http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/brochs/gurness/
http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af120/shamone67/orkney%20part%202/SAM_0186.jpg[/IMG
[img]http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af120/shamone67/orkney%20part%202/SAM_0187.jpg
they wanted 5 quid and mate said he couldnt be bothered :008:
then round to scapa flow (finally) to see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_Barriers
then italian chapel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Chapel
that was it - more beers saturday neet
then boat 9am yesterday and landed 1030 was in the house for 615 - petrol in brora perth and southwaite only then pinned
on the boat sunday morning - opoor bugga must been tired (or spent too much time with me
thanks chris
ps i now know who neil munro is
