Tour outline

Thursday: Train from Tring to Glasgow via Euston, one night in Glasgow, then a train to Oban in time for the afternoon ferry to Castlebay, Barra. Then the tour proper begins on Saturday morning, cycling from Barra up through the Outer Hebridian Islands with time to meander and explore. By Wednesday we should reach Stornoway for the ferry to Ullapool on mainland Scotland, then up further North and around the top to Orkney by the second Monday. There we have four days to explore before catching the overnight ferry to Aberdeen, followed by First Class train travel home. Two and a half weeks, done!

Thursday, 22 May 2014

Kirkwall and the Folk Festival

Another wet, windy and cold day in the Orkneys so we caught the bus into Kirkwall and did the cathedral and museum with lunch and afternoon tea thrown in as well. Rather liked the 17th century stones all around the inside of the cathedral with transcriptions of the engravings.

Went to the folk festival in Evie this evening for the first night of the Orkney Folk Festival. Four acts of which my favourite was SVER from Sweden/Norway. Great energy and a fitting way to end a great holiday.

The transcription from one of the stones. Morbid. But I suppose that is the idea.

The stone itself

Stone pillars in the cathedral

The audience go wild for Manran

SVER pose for the camera

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