I am ending my posts on Orkney with a visit to one of my heroes. In the 1990s and 2000s, I worked with a brilliant engineer named Hans ...

Most visitors to Orkney pay a visit to the great chambered cairn of Maes Howe. It is an amazing thing to see. But due to the large number o...

I was hoping to get ashore on Egilsay last month to get some good photos of the round tower church of St Magnus. Magnus was martyred on Egi...

During my Orkney cruise we landed on Papa Westray. Once ashore I set out to find the Chapel of St Tredwall, and as I walked up the east coa...

I made a seven hour hike on Hoy last week. One highlight of the walk was crawling into the Dwarfie Stone . It is a unique tomb, consisting ...

On my trip to Orkney one of my must-see places was Egilsay. Two things drew me to the island: the martyrdom of St Magnus in the year 1116, ...