A trip to the Orkney Islands Part 1 (20 miles north of the coast of Scotland)
Imagine yourself traveling from London to the northern tip of Scotland. The 8 hours train ride is very pleasant, often along the North Sea, other time through the English countryside, peaceful and green with cows and horses grazing around the farms. The Orkneys Train station on the way north. Looking out of the window at the right time, you will have a glimpse of Glamis Castle, the favorite of Queen Elizabeth, the deceased Queen Moher. Inverness is at the end of the line, an important town with fancy and comfortable “Victorian” hotels welcoming you. The next morning, you board a smaller train, called “The Far North Line”, where the passengers talk to one another in a friendly way. The landscape is now different with spare farms, cottages with thatched roofs, sheep grazing everywhere, beautiful scenery with rocks and lakes (called lochs). The route stops at Thurso, the most northerly train station in the British Isles. Thurso is ...
