Kirkwall, Orkneys

A quick but fun visit. We're in quite early, and for a short time. We took the tender to town at about 7:15. As expected, everything was closed- AND it's a bank holiday to boot. It was a light drizzle- or very heavy mist, which seemed appropriate.

We saw the St Magnus Cathedral, the ruins of the Bishops' and Earls' palaces, cute streets, a lot of charity stores that would be great fun to shop.

We found the Pomona Café where we had a light breakfast, and a small shop next door where we picked up some edible souvenirs.Read more