#oldmanofhoy

[psc-photography]

The Old Man of Hoy from the ferry to Orkney #orkney #seascapephotography #oldmanofhoy #highlands #scotland (at Orkney Islands) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzbNOd_DreE/?igshid=1eke7w7bavu57

[memeweavings]

#10yearsagotoday John o'Groats is known as the most northeasterly point of mainland Britain, making the route fromLand's End in Cornwall, the longest one spanning the island. The driving distance is about the same as the NSW coastline (from Eden to Tweed Heads). In actuality, Duncansby Head a few miles further on is further northeast, and Dunnet Head, a few miles to the west is the most northerly point. I don't like to overplan my routes, so that I can still discover stuff along the way. After parking near the Duncansby Head lighthouse, Bondi and I trotted over a grassy rise, keeping a distance from Britain's most northeasterly sheep, and saw the jagged outline of the Duncansby Stacks about a half-mile off. There wasn't much more to see on the road along to Thurso and the Scrabster ferry port, although we did pass the Castle of Mey, holiday home of Britain's most northeasterly Queen Mother. We drove onto the Northlink ferry Hamnavoe at about 1pm. Bondi was allowed to ride outside the car as long as he stayed on the aft sun-deck. Although the weather continued to be very mild, I might have reconsidered that if I had known we were going to be pinned between the ship's exhaust fumes and the banished smokers for the 90 minute crossing. About a half-hour before reaching Stromness, we passed the sea stack known as The Old Man of Hoy. Stromness is a huddle of grey sheltering before a low treeless hill. Although it is perhaps the most well known town amongst the Orkneys (the islands' total population is about 20,000 and thus barely 0.3 on the Wagga Wagga population scale), my ultimate destination is the Royal Burg of Kirkwall, another 20 minutes by road across this "Mainland" island. Stromness resident Eliza Fraser is memorialised in having Fraser Island named after her, as well as the movie, a novel (Patrick White's A Fringe of Leaves) and pictorial references by Sidney Nolan. Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island, is also much larger in area than all of the Orkneys combined. #Scotland2007 #scotland #johnogroats #orkney #alaskanmalamute #stromness #kirkwall #oldmanofhoy #duncansbystacks (at John o' Groats)

[travelazing]

🗻The iconic 137m tall sea stack on the edge of Scotland, The Old Man of Hoy. ° ° ° 📷@iabuwishah #Scotland #Orkney #OldManofHoy #cliffs #landscape #photography #travelazing #landscapephotography #nature #naturalbeauty #naturephotography #sunset #sea #climbing #rock #beautifulearth #earth #instatravel #travelgram #wanderlust #hike #rockclimbing