Exploring on Our First Full Day

First full day in Kirkwall. After breakfast we cleared up and headed out to Dingieshowe Beach. The ferry company Northlink recommended it in their list of Orkney beaches and had some lovely views there.
After lunch we went to see The Ring Of Brodgar. It is standing stones from The Neolithic Age. Had a lovely walk around it. To the south of the main Orkney island there are 4 smaller islands called Lambholm, Gilmsholm, Burray & South Ronaldsay
On Lambholm there is an Italian chapel.
It was built by Italian POW held there.
The prisoners also helped build the causeway & a statue of Saint George.
The second island Gilmsholm seems to be for sheep only as the road hugs the coast then off again
On South Ronaldsay there is a beach called Sands Of Wright. We finished off the afternoon there. It had more pebbles than the one earlier in the day.Read more