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The return ferry trip back from Rapness on Westray to Kirkwall on the Orkney mainland.

The guide book said that Castle o'Burrian was the place to spot puffins so we thought we ought to go and have a look. The Westray heritage centre mockup had shown that puffins usually roost towards the top of stacks abov…

With the weather forecast being for heavy rain and strong winds coming in by mid morning, we planned an early morning stomp around the north of Westray. Of course, we failed to get up in time but our failure was punishe…

A great day's wandering around the really rather special Papa Westray. Started with a walk along the east side coast path. More birds than you could shake a stick at. I'm sure there were quite a few that we don't usually…

Whoops - forgot to turn the GPS on until half way through the outbound trip. No wind on the outbound trip so we sat outside at the rear of the boat enjoying the sun. There was a fait more wind for the return trip and the…

We're on the ferry tomorrow from Pierowall on Westray to Papa Westray. We thought we ought to check out how far it is to the pier that the ferry leaves from and as it is over one and half miles we're glad we did.

From Kirkwall on the mainland across to Rapness on the island of Westray. Some strong (4.5 knot) currents (according to Navionics) on the way. Liz very grateful that the strong winds from the north had abated for a while…