| Friday, 04 August, 2006 |
| I left the house at 7pm, knowing that I had 23 hours worth of travelling ahead of me, and I wasn't even leaving the country… |
| Saturday, 05 August, 2006 |
| I briefly woke up and realised that I was in Edinburgh as the train jolted a couple of times and then promptly accelerated away in the opposite direction… |
| Sunday, 06 August, 2006 |
| With a full breakfast inside me I headed out into a bright Orcadian morning… |
| Monday, 07 August, 2006 |
| One of the things that first planted the seeds of the idea of visiting the Orkneys into my mind is my liking for Highland Park whiskey… |
| Tuesday, 08 August, 2006 |
| With a hearty breakfast inside me I headed out to the bus station and caught the bus out to Tingwall… |
| Wednesday, 09 August, 2006 |
| It had taken 23 hours to get to Kirkwall (I could have done it in a little over 4 if I'd flown, but where is the fun in that!)… |
| Thursday, 10 August, 2006 |
| I woke up at some point during the night, by then the train had changed directions… |