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The Community Estate Car Syndicate is taking a wee trip to Orkney next week. 
What should we do? We'll be based in Kirkwall.
Extra points for wheelchair accessible suggestions.
Extra extra points if fun roads also feature.
What should we do? We'll be based in Kirkwall.
Extra points for wheelchair accessible suggestions.
Extra extra points if fun roads also feature.
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Leave!I love Orkney, might even move there one day...
Roads are generally good, not sure about access issues though.
A run down the Churchill Barriers is good (as long as the weather is ok), the Italian Chapel at Lamb Holm (don't know about access).
I think it's obligatory to take pictures of the signs for Tw@tt also.
Will email a link to this thread to a friend in Orkney to see if he picks it up. (his current garage= Rover Sterling coupe, Green Goddess fire engine, Peugeot 205 he's converted to an electric motor - the man is mad).
Roads are generally good, not sure about access issues though.
A run down the Churchill Barriers is good (as long as the weather is ok), the Italian Chapel at Lamb Holm (don't know about access).
I think it's obligatory to take pictures of the signs for Tw@tt also.
Will email a link to this thread to a friend in Orkney to see if he picks it up. (his current garage= Rover Sterling coupe, Green Goddess fire engine, Peugeot 205 he's converted to an electric motor - the man is mad).
Rockatansky said:
the Italian Chapel at Lamb Holm (don't know about access)
Any time I've been the chapel has been open, wheel chair access should be ok too. Very interesting place to visit, combined with the whole Churchill Barriers, stop at each one and read the info boards.The visitor centre at Scara Brae is well worth a visit and is WC friendly.
The standings stones at the Ring of Brodgar, the St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, the Earls Palace at Birsay, Maeshowe chambered cairn, again are all worth a visit.
If you have any interest in the wars, then there is a good museum on Hoy, just beside the ferry terminal.
Check visitorkney.com for more info.
To get there I'd recommend the catamaran from Gills bay, run by Pentland Ferries. The 'big' ferry from Scrabster to Stromness goes past the Old Man of Hoy, but otherwise is more expensive and takes longer.
I'll be there in a week or two's time also. Working.
John MacK said:
Rockatansky said:
the Italian Chapel at Lamb Holm (don't know about access)
Any time I've been the chapel has been open, wheel chair access should be ok too. Very interesting place to visit, combined with the whole Churchill Barriers, stop at each one and read the info boards.John MacK said:
The visitor centre at Scara Brae is well worth a visit and is WC friendly.
Oh good! I'd presumed access would be down to usual ancient monument standards.Does Scara Brae pre-date the wheel?
John MacK said:
The standings stones at the Ring of Brodgar, the St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, the Earls Palace at Birsay, Maeshowe chambered cairn, again are all worth a visit.
If you have any interest in the wars, then there is a good museum on Hoy, just beside the ferry terminal.
Check visitorkney.com for more info.
Top tips! If you have any interest in the wars, then there is a good museum on Hoy, just beside the ferry terminal.
Check visitorkney.com for more info.
John MacK said:
To get there I'd recommend the catamaran from Gills bay, run by Pentland Ferries.
Booked already. Italian chapel - very nice and wheel hair accesible
Mase Howe - Will be tough going to get to in the wheelchair as it is about 1km across what will now be boggy soft open ground.
Ring of Brodgar - Will also be a boggy mess now but you will be able to see most of it from the road side.
Skara Brae - Will be very nice and wheelchair accesible and also check out the beach next to it called skail. If You look to the far left of the bay and the water is choppy enough you can see the sea crashing through a hole in the cliff.
Highland Park Distillery - Very informative tour of how they make the whisky and they also malt their own barley on site.
Stromness - Very quaint town with active fishing port (caution The main street is tight )
St Magnus Cathedral - Very large cathedral in the centre of kirkwall
Scapa Flow - Just over the back of kirkwall usually has an oil tanker or two parked in it
The barriers - (Dont go on a windy day) You will see a few wrecks by a couple of them
Island Hopping - Boats leave all the time to go to and from the other islands from kirkwall harbour
If you are on the Scrabster to stromness ferry you will see the old man of hoy on your crossing (its on the right on the way up) The hoy cliffs are the highest vertical sea cliff in europe.
Places to eat - The fovearin( looks out over scapa flow), Julias coffee shop by stromness peir,
P.s Most roads are brilliant fun just watch out for the sand on the roads when near the coast and for farm animals when in the interior. Traffic lights only exist in kirkwall .
Mase Howe - Will be tough going to get to in the wheelchair as it is about 1km across what will now be boggy soft open ground.
Ring of Brodgar - Will also be a boggy mess now but you will be able to see most of it from the road side.
Skara Brae - Will be very nice and wheelchair accesible and also check out the beach next to it called skail. If You look to the far left of the bay and the water is choppy enough you can see the sea crashing through a hole in the cliff.
Highland Park Distillery - Very informative tour of how they make the whisky and they also malt their own barley on site.
Stromness - Very quaint town with active fishing port (caution The main street is tight )
St Magnus Cathedral - Very large cathedral in the centre of kirkwall
Scapa Flow - Just over the back of kirkwall usually has an oil tanker or two parked in it
The barriers - (Dont go on a windy day) You will see a few wrecks by a couple of them
Island Hopping - Boats leave all the time to go to and from the other islands from kirkwall harbour
If you are on the Scrabster to stromness ferry you will see the old man of hoy on your crossing (its on the right on the way up) The hoy cliffs are the highest vertical sea cliff in europe.
Places to eat - The fovearin( looks out over scapa flow), Julias coffee shop by stromness peir,
P.s Most roads are brilliant fun just watch out for the sand on the roads when near the coast and for farm animals when in the interior. Traffic lights only exist in kirkwall .
Edited by sherman on Wednesday 14th October 21:01
sherman said:
Mase Howe - Will be tough going to get to in the wheelchair as it is about 1km across what will now be boggy soft open ground.
There is a paved path over to Maeshowe now, how access-able the structure will be via wheelchair is a different story.
They were doing path improvements at Brogdar the last time I was there, so it might not be too bad either.
on Wed/Thurs. Rockatansky said:
I love Orkney, might even move there one day...
Roads are generally good, not sure about access issues though.
A run down the Churchill Barriers is good (as long as the weather is ok), the Italian Chapel at Lamb Holm (don't know about access).
I think it's obligatory to take pictures of the signs for Tw@tt also.
Will email a link to this thread to a friend in Orkney to see if he picks it up. (his current garage= Rover Sterling coupe, Green Goddess fire engine, Peugeot 205 he's converted to an electric motor - the man is mad).
wife and i were regular visitors to orkney-i still go at least once a year.was up in april-the sign for tw@tt has been stolen-again-not me..Roads are generally good, not sure about access issues though.
A run down the Churchill Barriers is good (as long as the weather is ok), the Italian Chapel at Lamb Holm (don't know about access).
I think it's obligatory to take pictures of the signs for Tw@tt also.
Will email a link to this thread to a friend in Orkney to see if he picks it up. (his current garage= Rover Sterling coupe, Green Goddess fire engine, Peugeot 205 he's converted to an electric motor - the man is mad).
Loas of good stuff to do in Orkney and the roads are ace!
Might be a bit wet and windy this time of year though...
We have a few PH'ers from that neck of the woods... Aaak is one.
My old man's from up there and I used to spend summer holidays as a kid working on his brothers farm.
And Highland Park is from Orkney, good enough reason to visit
Might be a bit wet and windy this time of year though...
We have a few PH'ers from that neck of the woods... Aaak is one.
My old man's from up there and I used to spend summer holidays as a kid working on his brothers farm.
And Highland Park is from Orkney, good enough reason to visit
Lefty Guns said:
Loas of good stuff to do in Orkney and the roads are ace!
Might be a bit wet and windy this time of year though...
I'm beginning to worry that a week is too short. Might be a bit wet and windy this time of year though...
...woolies and waterproofs will be packed.
Lefty Guns said:
We have a few PH'ers from that neck of the woods... Aaak is one.
My old man's from up there and I used to spend summer holidays as a kid working on his brothers farm.
And Highland Park is from Orkney, good enough reason to visit
One of the guys works for The Scotch Malt Whisky Society and we have to pass the distillery to get to our digs... My old man's from up there and I used to spend summer holidays as a kid working on his brothers farm.
And Highland Park is from Orkney, good enough reason to visit
It might be the only thing we see!
fluffnik said:
One of the guys works for The Scotch Malt Whisky Society and we have to pass the distillery to get to our digs...
It might be the only thing we see!
PH discount? It might be the only thing we see!
SMWS is responsible for me spending way too much whisky in the last 6 months...
Lefty Guns said:
fluffnik said:
One of the guys works for The Scotch Malt Whisky Society and we have to pass the distillery to get to our digs...
It might be the only thing we see!
PH discount? It might be the only thing we see!
SMWS is responsible for me spending way too much whisky in the last 6 months...
fluffnik said:
SSC! said:
Also SSC has their monthly camping shindig on the 24th if you were about.
We're heading back on the 24th so the original campsite would have been on the way....but it moved.
However there is a shortcut over to us if you were up early enough. And a better run down than straight to Inverness
John MacK said:
sherman said:
Mase Howe - Will be tough going to get to in the wheelchair as it is about 1km across what will now be boggy soft open ground.
There is a paved path over to Maeshowe now, how access-able the structure will be via wheelchair is a different story.They were doing path improvements at Brogdar the last time I was there, so it might not be too bad either.
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