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Re: Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland - my view
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I really enjoyed reading this Carl as Callanish is top of my list of stone circles yet to visit while I still can.

Did a trip three years ago to the north of Scotland, Orkney and Shetland. I fell completely in love with Orkney, the little town of Stromness and the poetry of George Mackay Brown. The highlight was definitely the Ring of Brodgar.

Shetland was lovely though it really did seem a long way away (overnight berth on a ferry to get there) - the biggest surprise for me was an unscheduled visit to Jarlshof which bears some comparison to Skara Brae though with different layers of history and prehistory as continued to be used down the centuries. And the puffins of course.


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Posted by tjj
20th June 2012ce
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