Orkney
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Go on then...... what's it like?
Much to do / see?
Camping a good idea if there's a campsite?
Good for diving!
…..and there is some excellent whisky
The Italian Chapel
St Magnus Cathedral
Skara Brae
Stones of Stennes
Ring of Brodgar
Scapa Flow
Churchill's Barriers
Higland Park Distillery - book a tour
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Scapa Distillery (didn't go)
There's a brewery somewhere too.
etc. etc. etc.
Don't take the expensive ferry To Stromness, Take the Cat from Gills Bay (just west of John O'Groats) to St Margarets Hope. Much cheaper and more scenic - especially if your into Puffins, Guillemots, Razorbills and the Skerries.
St Magnus Cathedral
Skara Brae
Stones of Stennes
Ring of Brodgar
Scapa Flow
Churchill's Barriers
Higland Park Distillery - book a tour
yScapa Distillery (didn't go)
There's a brewery somewhere too.
etc. etc. etc.
Don't take the expensive ferry To Stromness, Take the Cat from Gills Bay (just west of John O'Groats) to St Margarets Hope. Much cheaper and more scenic - especially if your into Puffins, Guillemots, Razorbills and the Skerries.
The Italian Chapel
St Magnus Cathedral
Skara Brae
Stones of Stennes
Ring of Brodgar
Scapa Flow
Churchill's Barriers
Higland Park Distillery - book a tour
Scapa Distillery (didn't go)
There's a brewery somewhere too.
etc. etc. etc.
Don't take the expensive ferry To Stromness, Take the Cat from Gills Bay (just west of John O'Groats) to St Margarets Hope. Much cheaper and more scenic - especially if your into Puffins, Guillemots, Razorbills and the Skerries.
+ Maeshowe and then get the overnight boat to Shetland.
Even if you are not interested in archeology, there is so much to see that it ought to be on every-ones list of places to visit....some stunning history.
However, not a particularly inspiring place for a motorbike holiday!
However, not a particularly inspiring place for a motorbike holiday!
Possibly true, but since the OP is in Norfolk he can have a whale of a time getting there!
Good for diving!
…..and there is some excellent whisky
Diving? Me? Sorry to say I'm WAY to buoyant. Gonna need a lot of weights to crack that surface tension!!
a trip report from a couple of years back http://www.xrv.org.uk/forums/austins-adventures/92913-shetland-orkney-ullapool-2013-a.html
Stromness is a good town, nice campsite and some good pubs. And as said above, plenty reasons to go
Was there last September in the VW camper with the dog ... will be there this September in the VW camper with the dog 
Great place ... go
Great place ... go
If you are into archaeology, it's Disneyland with pubs. If not ... Saying that, I don't think anyone with an iota of imagination could enter Maes Howe (older than the pyramids) and not feel the hair on the back of their head rise.
We've got a couple from Chicago staying in our Airbnb apartment, for 3 months, at the moment. She's an archaeologist and they've already been up to Orkney once and they're planning on going back. I'd recommend Uriel's Machine by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas for their interesting insights into the history and significance of the archaeology on Orkney.
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