Zastrozzi
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Self-catering on Orkney
May 04, 2005, 08:39
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can anyone recommend a nice remote cottage in the Orkneys?
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Zastrozzi
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Re: Self-catering on Orkney
May 04, 2005, 08:39
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Or indeed the Faroes?
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Jane
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Re: Self-catering on Orkney
May 04, 2005, 09:11
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Yep! We stayed here.
http://www.cottageguide.co.uk/leisburncottages/
Its very central on the 'Mainland' and very, very peaceful. Comes highly recommended by the four of us who stayed there.
Have fun!
J
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goffik
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Re: Self-catering on Orkney
May 04, 2005, 10:07
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Yes! We stayed in 2 wonderful places - one overlooking the Ring O'Brogar and the Stones of Stenness (and Maes Howe & the Watchstone, etcetc...) and the other which overlooked Cuween Chambered Cairn (The Fairy Knowe) and the Bay of Firth... Fantastic...
I'll dig out the details...
G x
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Wild Wooder
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Re: Self-catering on Orkney
May 04, 2005, 11:10
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Mrs Wild Wooder and I will be going to the Orkneys in June and will be there on 20th/21st June, Solstice time. As we'll be staying very close to the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar, does anyone know whether there will be any pagan activity?
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Moth
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Re: Self-catering on Orkney
May 04, 2005, 11:27
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We were there that time last year & I don't think there was much, if anything. But we aren't particularly into it & were staying far enough from the most likely places that we may just not have noticed....
I'd imagine that there'll've been some folks gathered at Brogar etc, tho I suspect not very many. Mr Hob was staying nearer & might know, but I know that (like us) despite 'good intentions' he & the lovely Mrs Hob didn't make the sunrise....
love
Moth
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wideford
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Re: Self-catering on Orkney
May 04, 2005, 11:48
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When I came to Orkney as a digger, many moons ago, some folk used to gather at the Standing Stones of Stenness for the summer solstice.
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wideford
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Re: Self-catering on Orkney
May 04, 2005, 12:06
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If you mean remote as in remote within Orkney then the areas to try are Deerness and Birsay and Orphir and South Ronaldsay.
http://www.visitorkney.com/accommodation.html has a link to search the VisitScotland site for your requirements (http://www.visitscotland.com/accommodation/accommodation/?view=Standard) and another to download a .pdf of accomodation in Orkney (http://www.visitorkney.com/download.html).
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Rune
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Re: Self-catering on Orkney
May 04, 2005, 13:20
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<i> As we'll be staying very close to the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar, does anyone know whether there will be any pagan activity?</i>
Not instigated by anyone local as far as I know, a friend who lives on Mainland is very much still in the broom closet with absolutely no intention of coming out as in their words, any open admission of a resident being Pagan results in hostility/ostracisation and that's the last thing anyone needs in such a small community.
Rune
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Zastrozzi
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Re: Self-catering on Orkney
May 04, 2005, 22:19
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Yez all stars. Alla yez.
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