Orkney to the Hansa Worlds

september - oktober 2023

The trip starts in Scotland through Glasgow, Edinburgh, to north Scotland. Across to the Orkney islands.
With a wondering trip through Sunderland, Cambridge to Odiham and London.
Then to Bruges and off to Portugal for the Hansa World championship Läs mer

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Orkney to the Hansa Worlds
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- 10 sep. 2023
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Höjd över havet: 20 m
- Skottland Moray Lossiemouth Lossiemouth East Beach 57.721167, -3.29233657°43’16” N 3°17’32” W
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Edinburgh to Loosiemoth
10 september 2023, Skottland ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Early morning walk up the Royal Mile. Stayed in the Voco hotel on Royal Terrace.Picked up by Cathy and Rolf for the drive to Loosiemoth.
First stop was the masterpiece of engineering the Falkirk Wheel.
Drive through Sterling, spotted a working Breaded Collie. Snaps of Wallace monument.
Heaven Scent cafe, Milnathort for lunch most enjoyable.
Then over the Cairngorms, rather spectacular scenery.
Dinner at Catch 79 was really nice.Läs mer
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Orkney to the Hansa Worlds
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- 11 sep. 2023
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Höjd över havet: 303 m
- Skottland Highland Glenmore Loch Morlich 57.168229, -3.70522457°10’6” N 3°42’19” W
Dag 7
Aviemore and walk at Glenmore
11 september 2023, Skottland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Coffee and very nice cannoli in Aviemore. Glenmore is just out of town. Walk to a Bothy, eight and a bit kilometres. Very scenic, took a slightly more challenging path on the way back.

Dinner at Catch 79 in Loosiemouth was delightful. There was a little bit of dropsie during dinner, oops.Läs mer
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Resenär Good to see a few more posts. Scotland is lovely, and you have certainly found glorious weather. We're enjoying the journey.
2023-09-18SvaraÖversätt
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Orkney to the Hansa Worlds
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- 12 sep. 2023 13:00
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Höjd över havet: 121 m
- Skottland Highland Dalroy Strath Nairn 57.473063, -4.07368857°28’23” N 4°4’25” W
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Clava Cairns near Culloden
12 september 2023, Skottland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
DONE, consider camera or edited photos.

Clava Cairns are a well-preserved Bronze Age cemetery complex of passage graves; ring cairns, kerb cairns and standing stones in a beautiful setting.

A hugely significant and exceptionally well preserved prehistoric site, Clava Cairns is a fantastic example of the distant history of Highland Scotland, dating back about 4,000 years.Läs mer
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Orkney to the Hansa Worlds
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- 13 sep. 2023
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Höjd över havet: 6 m
- Skottland Orkney Islands Chapel Taing 58.926554, -2.84319358°55’36” N 2°50’35” W
Dag 9
On the way to the Orkney bound for Sebay
13 september 2023, Skottland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Coffee stop at a very pretty town Golspie, lots of colours in the planter boxes. Brora looked rather splendid.

At the port there was a 1954 Bentley R type saloon.

All cars and team together on the ferry from Scrabster to Stromness. Next stop Sebay mill.Läs mer
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Orkney to the Hansa Worlds
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- 14 sep. 2023 10:30
- 🌬 14 °C
- Höjd över havet: 20 m
- Skottland Orkney St. Magnus Cathedral 58.981582, -2.95953358°58’54” N 2°57’34” W
Dag 10
St Magnus, the Earl & Bishop's palace
14 september 2023, Skottland ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
This 1137 built Cathedral is spectacular. The weathered sandstone entrance reflects its age. A tremendous amount of history inside. An interesting brochure on graffiti and its ancient history. The Earl's and Bishop's palace is an impressive ruin. The Earl appears not to have been a very nice person, ended up being beheaded.Läs mer
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- 14 sep. 2023 12:00
- 🌬 14 °C
- Höjd över havet: 17 m
- Skottland Orkney Islands Row Head 59.048695, -3.34179459°2’55” N 3°20’30” W
Dag 10
Skara Brea
14 september 2023, Skottland ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Delightful morning tea and scones at Tea For Two at Birsay. Enjoyed the Scottish breakfast tea.

The site is older than Stonehenge and the pyramids, it is 5000 years old or 3100 BCE. The Neolithic village, the houses were preserved by the cover of sand dunes and only discovered in the 1850s. The is very well organised, starts with a very informative exhibition covering many facets of the original structures and insights into there day to day lives. Then there is a replica home, this is important as it protects the originals from the hordes of tourists.

Very keen windsurfer, out jumping waves.Läs mer
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Orkney to the Hansa Worlds
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- 14 sep. 2023 13:30
- 🌬 15 °C
- Höjd över havet: 13 m
- Skottland Orkney Islands Bay of Skaill 59.047682, -3.33659459°2’52” N 3°20’12” W
Dag 10
Skaill house
14 september 2023, Skottland ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
Included is entry to Skaill house. Overlooking the spectacular Bay of Skaill, Skaill House is the finest 17th Century mansion in Orkney. Home of William Graham Watt, 7th Laird of Breckness, who unearthed the World famous neolithic village of Skara Brae in 1850. Originally built in 1620 for the bishop George Graham.Läs mer
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Orkney to the Hansa Worlds
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- 14 sep. 2023 15:00
- 🌬 15 °C
- Höjd över havet: 8 m
- Skottland Orkney Islands Saint Marys Lamb Holm 58.889987, -2.89247558°53’24” N 2°53’33” W
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Churchill barriers and Italian chapel
14 september 2023, Skottland ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
Churchill barriers, sunken ships and concrete blocks. It was the sinking of HMS Royal Oak more than 80 years ago that set in motion plans to build these four concrete causeways. A German U-boat crawled into Scapa Flow in October 1939 and fired torpedoes at the slumbering battleship, resulting in the loss of 834 lives. Now the causeway are important links to the mainland to isles of Lamb Holm, Glimps Holm, Burray and South Ronaldsay.

Italian chapel, amazing what was achieved with a couple of Nissan hits. These POWs labour was used in building of the Churchill barriers.

Lunch at the Murray Arms Hotel at the aptly named St Margaret's Hope on the island of South Ronaldsay. Crab meat sandwich, more than enough for two. With a pint of Orkney Gold.Läs mer
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Resenär Nice pictures Sando, but where are you? Now.
2023-09-28SvaraÖversätt
Resenär Still on the mainland (the big island) of the Orkneys.
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Orkney to the Hansa Worlds
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- 14 sep. 2023 15:00
- 🌬 15 °C
- Höjd över havet: 18 m
- Skottland Orkney Islands Stenness 59.001648, -3.22989659°0’6” N 3°13’48” W
Dag 10
Ring of Brodgar, Stenness Standing Stone
14 september 2023, Skottland ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
The Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge is an enormous ceremonial site dating back to the 3rd millennium BC. A massive stone circle, originally consisting of 60 stones – 36 survive today. At least 13 prehistoric burial mounds. A large rock-cut ditch surrounding the stone circle.

The Stones of Stenness today consist of four upright stones up to 6m in height in a circle that originally held 12 stones. The focus of the interior was a large hearth. The stones were encircled by a large ditch and bank, the form of which has been lost over time by ploughing.

Lunch at Stromness. Lovely soup in a riverside cafe.Läs mer
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Resenär Should there be more?
2023-09-29SvaraÖversätt
Resenär At least the original twelve at Stenness. The Ring of Brodgar needs a drone to get the lot.
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Orkney to the Hansa Worlds
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- 15 sep. 2023 10:30
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Höjd över havet: Havsnivå
- Skottland Orkney Islands Lyness 58.833538, -3.19151958°50’1” N 3°11’29” W
Dag 11
Ferry arrival at the isle of Hoy
15 september 2023, Skottland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Time-lapse of arrival, a bit of a laugh.
This is the ferry from Houton.
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Resenär Great video!!
2023-09-28SvaraÖversätt
Resenär Looks very dangerous for the workers.
2023-09-29SvaraÖversätt
Resenär Only in time lapse.
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