After a short visit to the lovely north Orkney isle of Westray, including the customary visit to the Pierowall Hotel for its world (?)
famous fresh haddock and chips, we made down to Stromness – our
departure point for Cape Wrath and the NW coast of Scotland. Winds are
strong and adverse so Arctica is waiting for better conditions for this passage. It is always a pleasure to visit the second town of Orkney with its stone-paved narrow main street, interesting waterfront architecture, and pier busy with mainland ferry, fishing fleet and Scapa Flow dive boats.