I was here to visit the Skara Brae prehistoric village. It’s a well-preserved village from 5000 years ago. It was uncovered by a storm in 1850. The nearby car park is on the shingle each, and I stayed the night there. The sound of the waves on the shingle were soporific
Month: April 2018
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Iona – St Columba Bay
This is the supposed landing place for St Columba and his band of 12 monks when they landed in 563. This was first landfall from where they could not see Ireland. It was brave, setting out in a coracle, but God was on their side 😉
It’s a little bit of a hike from the road. At the end you are rewarded with a bracing breeze and the small bay.
The Vikings raided the island in 802, arriving on the north beach. The sea sounds different there