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Aug4
Across the water to Westray
August 4 in the
United Kingdom
Ferry to Westray (left 10 mins early). Interesting church and graves in tiny Pierowall.
Walked out to the west coast. Saw more seals and magnificent Noltland castle.
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Ferry to Westray (left 10 mins early). Interesting church and graves in tiny Pierowall.
Walked out to the west coast. Saw more seals and magnificent Noltland castle.
United Kingdom
The cosiness of Kirkwall Airport is enchanting: arrivals, departures, cafe and luggage reclaim all in one room.
8-seater plane to Papa Westray, one pilot, no stewards.
Capacious hostel. Rather damp to begin with.
United Kingdom
I’m providing another pair of hands at the dig at Swandro bay. Definitely unskilled.
My job has been to sort and record “tray finds” from this year’s excavation - bone, teeth, shell, charcoal, ash, slag. Very occasionally an object is a “find” recorded separately - pieces of pot and today a Skaill knife.
United Kingdom
Smooth and scenic rail journey to Aberdeen.
Visit to the maritime museum and the law courts before bussing to the airport and taking a 30 minute flight to Kirkwall.
Bus to town, stopping in the youth hostel tonight. Lovely evening.
Bulgaria
Did not take the planned ride and lunch, preferring to visit museums and shops and generally mooch around.
Regional history museum excellent. So many treasures from Palaeolithic to Present.
Interesting railway station and travelling procedure. Huge climb into train. Train sets off with doors open (for draught?). Can enter train on both sides.
Bike packed ready for early departure tomorrow.
Bulgaria
We return to Hotel Hemus for a second time though the town has been transformed in our absence. Gone are the huge puddles and mist obscuring the mountain backdrop. Out has come the sunshine, the views and the young population.
Two big climbs today which was draining in the heat and humidity. Long descent following the Iskar river.
Scenic break for lunch and a diversion after that at CherepishRead more
Bulgaria
100km today.
Tipping up drinks bottles and getting shade at one of many “chesmi” (springs).
Abandoned / neglected monument complex to Communism.
Section of collapsed road.
Bonus pic of meal-with-a-view from the previous night.
Bulgaria
Morning walk for most but three intrepid seniors set off for Serbia.
Walk up to Kaleto fortress originally built by the Romans in a natural vantage point in the Belogradchik rocks. Very humid.
Views from the fortress. A mosque in town.
