Kirkwall,Orkney Islands

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Well, here i am on the Orkneys on a very blustery ,rainy day.After arriving by ferry from Lerwick,Shetland at 11pm ,i rode to the nearby camping site together with Doug and Ollie from Bedford whom i met at Bergen Airport ,Very nice and humorful Englishmen.The Facilities were excellent (after a lady divulged the code needed to enter the the showers etc.) and at £6.50 very reasonable .Had intended travelling to Stromness but the weather put me off,so thats why i,m now able to blog.The time spent on the Shetlands was interesting and exciting visiting Bird colonies in the South at Sumburgh in the the North on Unst which was quite a long trip but after seeing 10 of thousends of bird hatching and feeding their young on the steep cliffs at Hermaness in northern Unst ,it was absolutly breathtaking!
My stay on the Orkneys is limited to 2 days so as to leave enough time to reach Inverness by the 8th.July ,two days before Isabel arrives to our joint cycle trip through the Highlands,may the weather gods shower uns with sunshine.Again, thank you all very much for all your messages.those of you who have asked questions ,such as you,Robert will find me willing to contact you when i return to Germany at the end of September.That it for now.So long and keep the messages coming,its great knowing your out there.Des





Moin alle in Friesland und drumrum,
I verbringe nach wie vor eine tolle Zeit here auf den Schottischen Inseln.Es ist recht kalt ,Zwischen 8 und 17 grad hier aber das macht mir nichts aus,super Fahrrad Wetter.Ich Reise per Faehre uebermorgen auf der Schottische Festland und freue mich wahnsinnig auf das gemeinsammes Urlaub mit Isabel in den Highlands.Leider macht der Internet cafe jetzt zu sodass ich wieder bye bye sagen muss. Des

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Comments

[Robert]

A big smile
I have a big smile if I read your comments. I'm happy that everything seems to be good at your trip. Its a pleasure to follow your route. And indeed, I have a lot of question to you (e.g. how was the trip by plane with your bike to the Shetlands, and many more). I wish you again more pleasure days on your trip. Best wishes from Frankonia/Germany Robert

[Mel Denning]

Hi!!
Hi Uncle Des, it all sounds so fantastic. I hope you have taken lots of picture to show us. Shame you're not heading to London now as I'm having a party for Juliette's first birthday this weekend. Anyway, have a great time with Isabel cycling around the Highlands and I'll send some of the gorgeous sunshine that we are having, up North to Scotland!! xx

[Karl]

Respekt!!
Hallo Des, ich habe heute erst von Hartmut H. erfahren, das du einen Blog hast. Ich hätte dich gern früher gelesen :-) Chapeau and cu. Gruß Karl

[Karl]

Respekt!!
Hallo Des, ich habe heute erst von Hartmut H. erfahren, das du einen Blog hast. Ich hätte dich gern früher gelesen :-) Chapeau and cu. Gruß Karl

[ina]

Bergen- Edenborogh
Hi Des, I wonder were my last mail is gone to. But that ´s the internet, you never know exactly what happend, you never can tame it. Tone worte me, that you have had some nice days together and she wishes you all the best for your bike tour. Ich wünsche euch eine schöne Zeit zusammen , liebe Grüße ina

[Tatjana]

Moin Des
Hallo Des, habe erst jetzt von diesem travelblog erfahren.Ich wünsche dir noch ganz viel Spaß und schicke dir liebe Grüße aus Moorhausen!Hoffe wir sehen uns mal,wenn du wieder in Friesland bist. See you... Tatjana