Activity
Hoy, Lyness and Rackwick beach
Dog walk
14 May 2026
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1.7 miles
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48m
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2.1 mph
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3.4 mph
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- Description
- Rackwick is campervan heaven. The scenery is stunning. The beach is great - Tye loved the quartz sand beach and scrambling over the boulders. If you look closely at the photos, you can see The Old Man Of Hoy peaking out round the corner. To stay there is free, there's loos and a campervan service point. On the 2nd night we were there, we were the only campervan there. There's also a newly renovated bothie on the beach. All so good we wanted to make a donation / contribution but couldn't find a way (the appeal for the bothie refurb was recently closed). Because the weather forecast was poor, we decided to make today a "history day". I selfishly wanted to see the Scapa Flow museum at Lyness - full of history about the use of Scapa Flow in WW1 and 2. We "did" the museum in shifts (as Tye wasn't allowed in) and Liz went first. She came back a long time later really bigging up the museum. And rightly so - as much as telling the story of ships it tells the stories of the people affected by the ships being in Scapa Flow during the wars. Highly recomended. Then went on a tour of the rest of Hoy and over the causeway to the island of South Walls and Longhope.
- Start
- 14 May 2026 at 16:16:39
- End
- 14 May 2026 at 17:19:32
- Participants
- Aidan and Liz
- Tags
- Orkney Orkney and Shetland rackwick