Orkney Pics *updated*

Robin! · Post by **Robin!** » 08 Aug 2005, 22:13

Got back from a nice relaxing weekend to John O'Groats and Orkney, thought I'd share some pics with yous!

Got some others, but still to get round to resizing.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 08 Aug 2005, 22:16

lovely - that wreck is amazing

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 09 Aug 2005, 18:20

Nice photos Robin! Looks like you had nice weather too.
It's a part of Scotland I've never visited but would love to one day.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 09 Aug 2005, 20:54

great pics Robin! especially like the church ones

Jay · Post by **Jay** » 10 Aug 2005, 16:56

Lovely pics Robin - brought back a lot of good memories. Isn't the Italian Chapel unbelievable, when you think what it was built from? Thanks for sharing them.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 10 Aug 2005, 17:08

Jay wrote: Isn't the Italian Chapel unbelievable, when you think what it was built from?

I didn't know anything about this, Jay, so went off for a Google.
Unbelievable indeed.

chapel

Jay · Post by **Jay** » 10 Aug 2005, 17:16

That's a good site ecm - thanks for finding it. I guess there's hope for us humans yet, when people can produce something so beautiful under such challenging conditions. I have also seen beautiful and intricate ornaments carved by Napoleonic POW's from the bones of the meagre meat rations they were given to eat

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 10 Aug 2005, 19:48

thanks for finding the info ecm very interesting

Robin! · Post by **Robin!** » 11 Aug 2005, 18:45

Cheers for comments folk, I loved it up there. nice quiet and relaxing. I'll get more pics up soon of Skara Brae etc when I resize them!

Post by **wangi** » 12 Aug 2005, 23:50

Robin! wrote:

Nice! I see you manged to get some car porn in too

Robin! · Post by **Robin!** » 13 Aug 2005, 13:53

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 13 Aug 2005, 14:17

Wow - amazing - what on earth are those conrete look-out thingies?

And the skulls - who? where?

Jay · Post by **Jay** » 13 Aug 2005, 18:09

Dadaist wrote:And the skulls - who? where?

I second that! They didn't have skulls out when I was there! I understood the 'dressers' at Skara Brae were thought to be for peaceful display of your best pots etc., not the heads of your enemies (or even ancestors)!

Great pics though!

Robin! · Post by **Robin!** » 13 Aug 2005, 18:37

Dadaist wrote:Wow - amazing - what on earth are those conrete look-out thingies?

And the skulls - who? where?

The concrete fellas are WW2 batteries to keep an eye out on German fleets coming in to attack our fleet that were in Scapa Flow.

The skulls belonged to "The Tomb of the Eagles", they're not real but they had 2 real skulls in the museum. You had to use the skateboard to enter the tomb.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » 14 Aug 2005, 15:27

Robin! wrote:The skulls belonged to "The Tomb of the Eagles", they're not real but they had 2 real skulls in the museum. You had to use the skateboard to enter the tomb.

Aha! Thanks for explaining that, Robin. I never made it to Tomb of the Eagles - I'm not sure I could have got inside if I had got there - especially after what you've just said!

Robin! · Post by **Robin!** » 14 Aug 2005, 15:33

Jay wrote:
Robin! wrote:The skulls belonged to "The Tomb of the Eagles", they're not real but they had 2 real skulls in the museum. You had to use the skateboard to enter the tomb.
Aha! Thanks for explaining that, Robin. I never made it to Tomb of the Eagles - I'm not sure I could have got inside if I had got there - especially after what you've just said!

No probs, to be honest I wasnt that impressed with it. the museum guide was indepth and had plenty stone age tools, pottery and of course the skulls but the tomb its self I was disapointed in, they have put a big concrete roof over it and I thought it might have a nit of a ery atmosphere but it didnt.

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