Scotland's Orkney Islands
Wayne Ranney (noreply@blogger.com)
After leaving the Isle of Skye, Le Champlain rounded the northern tip of the Scottish mainland and came to anchor on the western side of the Orkney Islands. I had landed here previously in 1991 and held fond memories of the history and Bronze Age archaeological sites we visited on these windswept islands. I did not have as good of an impression from that visit of the Shetland Islands but that may have been due to the rainy weather experienced back then, because it was an outstanding visit this t