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I spent a couple of days on mainland Orkney, with a day trip to nearby Rousay island.
About half the time it was sunny, although not when we visited Skara Brae,the Ring of Brodgar, Stennes Stones, Scapa Flow, which was a shame.
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Skara Brae
Skara Brae 		Skara Brae
Skara Brae 		Skara Brae: interior hearth_display cabinet_sleeping area
Skara Brae: interior hearth_display cabinet_sleeping area		 Skara Brae reconstruction of what a house would havelooked like
Skara Brae reconstruction of what a house would havelooked like
Stromness from harbour
Stromness from harbour 		Stromness harbour
Stromness harbour		 Stromness harbour Hamnavoe ferry and lighthouse
Stromness harbour Hamnavoe ferry and lighthouse		 Stromness fishing boats returning to harbour
Stromness fishing boats returning to harbour
Stromness 42 to 56
Stromness 42 to 56		 Ring of Brodgar
Ring of Brodgar 		Ring of Brodgar_carved runes
Ring of Brodgar_carved runes		 Ring of Brodgar
Ring of Brodgar
Ring of Brodgar face stone
Ring of Brodgar face stone		 Ring of Brodgar
Ring of Brodgar 		Stennes stones
Stennes stones 		Stennes stones sighting line
Stennes stones sighting line
Stennes stones angular
Stennes stones angular		 Stennes stones
Stennes stones		 Scapa Flow and Churchill Barrier 1
Scapa Flow and Churchill Barrier 1		 Scapa Flow Churchill Barrier 3 and old wreck formerly helping to block entrance
Scapa Flow Churchill Barrier 3 and old wreck formerly helping to block entrance
Scapa Flow_St George and dragon at Italian POW chapel
Scapa Flow_St George and dragon at Italian POW chapel		 Italian Chapel made from 2 Nissan huts and lots of tin cans
Italian Chapel made from 2 Nissan huts and lots of tin cans		 Italian Chapel detail
Italian Chapel detail		 Italian Chapel interior
Italian Chapel interior
Italian Chapel ceiling
Italian Chapel ceiling		 Kirkwall_lighthouse and cloud near sunrise
Kirkwall_lighthouse and cloud near sunrise		 Kirkwall harbour and RNLI boat
Kirkwall harbour and RNLI boat 		Kirkwall lighthouse and buoy
Kirkwall lighthouse and buoy
Kirkwall Town Hall building
Kirkwall Town Hall building		 Broch of Gurness
Broch of Gurness 		Broch of Gurness interior
Broch of Gurness interior 		Broch of Gurness from outside
Broch of Gurness from outside
Broch of Gurness and Rousay island
Broch of Gurness and Rousay island		 Tingwall drain cover
Tingwall drain cover		 Rousay island_Trumland house and lion
Rousay island_Trumland house and lion		 Rousay is_Trumland gardens_rabbit
Rousay is_Trumland gardens_rabbit
Rousay island_Trumland House waterfall
Rousay island_Trumland House waterfall 		Rousay island_Trumland House: Fallen idols
Rousay island_Trumland House: Fallen idols		 Rousay island_hairy orange caterpillar_maybe Garden Tiger moth
Rousay island_hairy orange caterpillar_maybe Garden Tiger moth		 Rousay island_green rope from ferry
Rousay island_green rope from ferry
Farewell to Rousay island
Farewell to Rousay island		 Rousay_K75 returning to harbour
Rousay_K75 returning to harbour		 Buoys
Buoys		 Kirkwall_part of Bishops Palace
Kirkwall_part of Bishops Palace
Kirkwall_detail from Bishops Palace
Kirkwall_detail from Bishops Palace		 St Magnus Cathedral door
St Magnus Cathedral door		 Kirkwall_St Magnus Cathedral round window
Kirkwall_St Magnus Cathedral round window		 Kirkwall_gargoyles or grotesques St Magnus Cathedfral
Kirkwall_gargoyles or grotesques St Magnus Cathedfral
Kirkwall_doorway detail
Kirkwall_doorway detail		 Kirkwall_St Magnus Cathedral modern window
Kirkwall_St Magnus Cathedral modern window		 Kirkwall_St Magnus Cathedral round window
Kirkwall_St Magnus Cathedral round window		 Kirkwall_St Magnus Cathedral ceiling
Kirkwall_St Magnus Cathedral ceiling
St Magnus Cathedral windows at altar end
St Magnus Cathedral windows at altar end		 St Magnus Cathedral John Rae who discovered the final part of the NW passage
St Magnus Cathedral John Rae who discovered the final part of the NW passage		 St Magnus Cathedral spire and jackdaws
St Magnus Cathedral spire and jackdaws		 Kirkwall_St Magnus Cathedral_Gargoyle or Grotesque with jackdaws
Kirkwall_St Magnus Cathedral_Gargoyle or Grotesque with jackdaws
Kirkwall_Weyland Bay_maybe Dunlin.
Kirkwall_Weyland Bay_maybe Dunlin.

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