Scotland & Orkney 2022

heinäkuuta 2022

A cycle ride from Edinburgh to Orkney Lue lisää

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Matkaaja Scotland & Orkney 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 28.7.2022 klo 21.46
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Korkeus: 37 m
- Skotlanti Orkney Islands Evie Sands of Evie 59.112837, -3.10604759°6’46” N 3°6’22” W
Päivä 16
Rousay and Swandro
28. heinäkuuta 2022, Skotlanti ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Another dry, sunny and mostly warm day on Rousay. I joined a team filling sand bags and moving them up to the top of the beach. Rest of the day sieving but with a break to walk along the coast to other prehistoric remains. Last day on site.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Scotland & Orkney 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 27.7.2022 klo 21.47
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Korkeus: 37 m
- Skotlanti Orkney Islands Evie Sands of Evie 59.112839, -3.10603259°6’46” N 3°6’22” W
Päivä 15
Island life
27. heinäkuuta 2022, Skotlanti ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Early start for a day on the Swandro dig. The ferry had to go slowly as the skipper spotted a school of dolphins on our route. There were about 20 of them.

Good weather all day. Seals were bobbing up and down near the excavations.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Scotland & Orkney 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 26.7.2022 klo 20.09
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Korkeus: 36 m
- Skotlanti Orkney Islands Evie Sands of Evie 59.112841, -3.10593259°6’46” N 3°6’21” W
Päivä 14
Kirkwall and Jacqui
26. heinäkuuta 2022, Skotlanti ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
A brief visit to Kirkwall before meeting Jacqui for lunch and an afternoon exploring Costa Head on the far west of Orkney. Jacqui is post master on Rousay and an archaeologist to boot and has been our host on previous visits.

Bird life on Orkney is depleted compared to several years ago due to Avian flu. We only saw fulmars and oyster catchers.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Scotland & Orkney 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 25.7.2022 klo 22.17
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Korkeus: 37 m
- Skotlanti Orkney Islands Evie Sands of Evie 59.112843, -3.10621659°6’46” N 3°6’22” W
Päivä 13
Rest days
25. heinäkuuta 2022, Skotlanti ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Saturday: parkrun in Kirkwall, haircut, lunch out. Sourdough pizza for tea from the bake house next door in Evie.

Sunday: Raining in the morning, fair and warm in the afternoon. We drove to the southern tip of the Orkneys to see where the John O’Groats passenger ferry comes in. Very pleasant and cheap afternoon tea in St Margaret’s Hope.

Monday: showery. To Stromness for coffee and The Pier Arts Centre and to Harray Potter to buy some unique glasses and mugs. Walk around the coastline in the afternoon before the rain restarted.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Scotland & Orkney 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 22.7.2022
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Korkeus: 37 m
- Skotlanti Orkney Islands Evie Sands of Evie 59.112856, -3.10612659°6’46” N 3°6’22” W
Päivä 10
Wick to Orkney / Evie
22. heinäkuuta 2022, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
A little time to spend on Wick before the 1:30pm ferry from
Gills Bay. Chanced upon the nuclear and Caithness archives by Wick airport - a beautiful modern building with helpful staff. Found out some of the background to the war graves in Wick cemetery.

Coffee, toast and marmalade at The Rumblin Tum. 17 miles on single track roads to the ferry.

Ferry bounces across the Pentland Firth to the tune of car alarms not liking the movement.

Time trialling from St Margaret’s Hope to Kirkwall in an hour. Finally arrived at Evie and the apartment which is in a converted church. No more cycling for a while.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Scotland & Orkney 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 21.7.2022 klo 16.46
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Korkeus: 8 m
- Skotlanti Caithness-shire Wick Wick River 58.443085, -3.10566858°26’35” N 3°6’20” W
Päivä 9
Brora to Wick
21. heinäkuuta 2022, Skotlanti ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
All day on the A9 and A99 which is both mentally and physically testing.

Speed has been either 5mph or 25mph depending on the slope. Most passing traffic considerate but lots of concentration is required by the cyclist.

After delightful coffee and toast in Helmsdale, refreshment stops were rare. I ended up talking to roadside animals and playing mental games with vehicle number plates (only one with a 61 plate).

Weather overcast and cool - like a vampire I cast no shadow all day.

Huge cemetery on the entrance to Wick including a big collection of war graves. All from either the Navy or the Air Force. Many from commonwealth countries. Clearly WWII affected this area.

Spacious campsite in Wick.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Scotland & Orkney 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 20.7.2022 klo 21.18
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Korkeus: 22 m
- Skotlanti Highland Easter Clynekirkton 58.02843, -3.84378958°1’42” N 3°50’38” W
Päivä 8
Fortrose to Brora
20. heinäkuuta 2022, Skotlanti ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Over the hill from Fortrose to Cromarty ready for the tiny (two vehicle max) ferry to Nigg. Just time to have a coffee break at The Slaughterhouse before boarding.

After that flattish with mostly helpful winds. Garden with 150 empty gin bottles - the owner had drunk “the majority, over several years”. Lunch in Tain - considerably busier than on previous visits.

Small but friendly campsite just north of Brora.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Scotland & Orkney 2022
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- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 19.7.2022 klo 16.34
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Korkeus: 9 m
- Skotlanti Highland Rosemarkie Buckle Rock 57.582303, -4.10890257°34’56” N 4°6’32” W
Päivä 7
Day off, Fortrose
19. heinäkuuta 2022, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Oppressively warm day with occasional heavy, but warm, showers.

Thanks to the campsite for keeping me on the same pitch for a second night despite it being booked by someone else.

Thanks to the leisure centre who have booked me into a yoga session tonight.

Thanks to the library for free Wi-Fi, phone charging and refreshments.

Thanks to the golf club for free Wi-Fi, a pot of tea and no hassle.

Thanks to Tweedie Pie for lunch and possibly tea.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Scotland & Orkney 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 18.7.2022 klo 19.15
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Korkeus: 9 m
- Skotlanti Highland Rosemarkie Buckle Rock 57.58234, -4.10879757°34’56” N 4°6’32” W
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Päivä 6
Forres to the Black Isle / Fortrose
18. heinäkuuta 2022, Skotlanti ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
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Unable to stay two days in Forres, I hoped for a slightly easier day and overall it wasn’t bad - 50 miles and only a headwind for the last part. Dry with intense sunshine.

Lunch from a mobile sandwich van on a commercial estate. Painful navigation round Inverness and a detour as one side of the cycle path was closed.

Target campsite “full” although the warden found a space for my little tent which saved the hassle of moving on and other sites being booked up.

Was tipped to watch out for dolphins in the Moray Firth and saw three in the distance.

Tea in the golf club. Possibly the warmest day I’ve ever spent in Scotland.

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Matkaaja Scotland & Orkney 2022
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 17.7.2022 klo 21.13
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Korkeus: 22 m
- Skotlanti Moray Forres Burn of Mosset 57.600096, -3.62003557°36’0” N 3°37’12” W
Päivä 5
Turriff to Forres
17. heinäkuuta 2022, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
A wet start. Delayed setting off, talking to the warden in Turriff who made me a filter coffee.

Extended chat with Mo and Wendy at my coffee stop.

A fair amount of rough riding on unpaved tracks, but also some good riding on well surfaced former railway lines.

Very warm in the afternoon. Got a puncture from a thorn in the last mile. No campsite here so in a comfy bed (no breakfast). Pizza for tea.Lue lisää
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