Newark Bay
Although Orkney is a chain of islands, the word ‘beach’ doesn’t spring to mind quite as quickly as ‘prehistory’ or ‘wildlife’. And it’s a shame, as Orkney does indeed have some very respectable sandy beaches.…
View PostAlthough Orkney is a chain of islands, the word ‘beach’ doesn’t spring to mind quite as quickly as ‘prehistory’ or ‘wildlife’. And it’s a shame, as Orkney does indeed have some very respectable sandy beaches.…
View PostLast week’s blog was all about what we got up to in the first half of our trip to Highland Perthshire. Before we arrived, the weather forecast was so bad that I wasn’t sure we’d…
View PostI don’t think there’s anywhere that does Autumn quite as spectacularly as Highland Perthshire. It’s sometimes referred to as ‘Big Tree Country’, which is accurate in both the literal and the metaphorical sense. More than…
View PostIf you’ve read either of my previous blogs about our trip to Orkney, you might recall that I mentioned that we got up to far too much to squeeze it all into a few blog…
View PostIf you read last week’s blog, you’ll know that we recently spent a week exploring the Orkney Islands in Scotland (and if you didn’t know, go back and read last week’s post!). We managed to…
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