Tag: Orkney

• Embarrassing myself and the summer solstice

  

  I’m finding the face mask I bought almost impossible to use. I wore it to Marks & Spencer this morning and I find it so hard to breathe that I have to take huge gasps of air with my mouth open. Today I inadvertantly inhaled some of my own spit which triggered a fit of […]

  Rachel M

  June 20, 2020

  Journal

  coronavirus, face mask, Orkney, pandemic, Ring of Brodgar, Skara Brae, summer solstice

• Ring of Brodgar and Skara Brae

  We visited some more neolithic sites yesterday. First stop was The Standing Stones o’ Stenness and the nearby and well-known Ring of Brodgar. Both are stone circles about 5000 years old. The stones are huge and heavy and would have been quite difficult to move and stand upright in their positions. Why did humans build […]

  Rachel M

  July 10, 2015

  Journal

  Broch, Orkney, photos, Ring of Brodgar, Scotland, Skara Brae, travel

• Orkney and the Tomb of the Eagles with puking and ticks

  We’re in Orkney. We caught the ferry from Aberdeen yesterday afternoon and arrived here just before midnight last night. The ferry stops in Kirkwall, Orkney a few times each week on its way to Shetland. Here’s a map showing the route we took on the ferry and also the route we plan to take back. […]

  Rachel M

  July 8, 2015

  Journal

  archaeology, ferry, Orkney, photos, Scotland, Tomb of the Eagles, travel