Our day out to South Ronaldsay proved to be one of the highlights of the holiday (with the exception of the fighting talk from Carlos in the back of the car!). We drove from Stromness to Kirwall, then headed down towards South Ronaldsay. Our first stop was at the Italian Chapel, which is absolutely stunning! It was built by the Italian prisoners of war as a place of worship and they decorated it all themselves. The Chapel has now been gifted to the people of Orkney.
We drove over the Churchill Barriers, also built by the Italian prisoners of war, this time to protect Scapa Flow. They are tremendous feats of engineering, linking several of the small islands to the Orkney mainland. Here we are having our photographs taken at the Churchill Barriers with Bev and Paul.
We then drove to the Tomb of the Eagles (see earlier description of our trip there), which was such fun thanks to the brilliant talk at the museum, the guided tour round the bronze age site by Ronald Simpson and visiting the Tomb of the Eagles itself.
We then drove to St Margaret's Hope, a lovely little village with a tiny ferry port (the local ferry runs from Gills Bay on the mainland to St Margaret's Hope in Orkney, and according to the locals, does the best bacon butty in the northern hemisphere!).
Anyway, we travelled back to Stromness along the road to Orphir with stunning views over Scapa Flow. All in all, a wonderful day out. And after that exciting day out, what did we travel-weary bears want? A bacon butty and a comfy bed back at the B&B!
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