Red Lion Inn & Suites
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Took a wrong turning just after leaving the car rental place. I was able to do a U turn further up. The car is not fitted with GPS, I ended up using Google maps. I have a Garmin GPS at home I couldEn savoir plus
Took a wrong turning just after leaving the car rental place. I was able to do a U turn further up. The car is not fitted with GPS, I ended up using Google maps. I have a Garmin GPS at home I couldEn savoir plus
Flew in a Boeing 777 - 200. A little disappointed it wasn't a 747. The in-flight meal was lovely. Tandoori chicken with rice. The air steward offered me wine with my meal, I couldn't as I was drivingEn savoir plus
Was up at 5.15 am this morning. Lovely clear day. Breakfast opened at 6am. There was unlimited drinks refills but I didn't have time for more than 1 coffee. Caught the 6.21 am shuttle bus back to theEn savoir plus
Managed to finish work early today. Norma and the girls took me to the airport.
I had checked in online the night before. Bag drop checked my details and took my bag. Security wasn't busy and passedEn savoir plus
Martin & I signed up for the annual Glasgow to Edinburgh bike ride. This year was the 20th anniversary of it starting. Only 425 people lined up to start in 1999.
Booked transport from Edinburgh toEn savoir plus
We had breakfast at a local pub as the Travel Lodge didn't do a cooked breakfast.
We had a bright sunshine for the trip home. Our first item of the day was heading to see New Slains Castle. It wasEn savoir plus
Leaving day. We had breakfast and tidied up. Left the lodge about 9.30 am. Lovely morning. Arrived in Stromness in time to see the ferry arriving.
We saw the Old Man Of Hoy stack as we passed HoyEn savoir plus
We explored some of the South of Orkney this morning. Visited Hobbister where there is a bird reserve and the peat for Highland Park is dug from. Onto to Orphir and Houton. The Houton ferry terminalEn savoir plus
Had a quiet morning at the house.
After lunch Norma & Emma went swimming while Sarah and I visited the distillery.
We got a wee dram to start with while watching an introductory video. Then we startedEn savoir plus
It was heavy rain this morning and some thunder. We had coffee & cake at the visitor centre before Sarah & I visited Skara Brae & Skaill House
Skara Brae is the site of a Neolithic village.En savoir plus