Have a few shots from the train.

Didn’t manage to get a cab to the station when we disembarked the ferry this morning. So we waited until 9 for the bus. Now we’re at Thurso station waiting on the next train to Inverness – in 3 hours. It sounds worse than it it. While we’d love to have made our next destination…

Finally! Cold and rainy weather! I no longer believed it existed! We’re in Stromness, Orkney waiting for our ferry. The terminal doesn’t open for a bit over an hour and the pub we had dinner at was nice, but we felt guilty taking up a table when there were people waiting for dinner seating so…

We booked Orkney Uncovered to take us around to various prehistoric sites. These included Skara Bear, Maes Howe, and Brogdar’s Ring. Kinlay was a fantastic and amusing host, full of local and historic knowledge. (ETA – I thought I corrected “Skara Bear” to “Skara Brae”. I’m not fixing it now.) Got dinner and dessert at…

We’re on the MV Hrossey bound for Kirkwall on the Orkney mainland. Still close enough to land for 5G access, and not much chop yet. The captain said there was a system coming in from the west, but that shouldn’t cause any issues until after we disembark and the ship heads further north to the…

I like this place’s attitude.

I can only chuckle at our luck so far. This place: It’s not bad by any means. Mostly just a feeling of “seriously?!?” at the lack of A/C after our time in London and on the sleeper train. We ordered room service to save our feet some work. No pics, but it was fish and…

The A/C never got fixed. Temperature was barely tolerable until we got north of Edinburgh. But we’re here In Aberdeen, on the last day of our “pre-trip”. Our hotel is full and can’t check us in early, so we get to kill time until 2-3PM. Right now we’re in Black Sheep Coffee just zoning out….

We’re on the Caledonian Sleeper, but now just over 30min late to depart. Our guess is the fact that at least two carriages (including ours) have no A/C might be part of the cause. Fortunately for us, our schedule is super-flexible, so as long as we get to Aberdeen tomorrow, the exact time doesn’t matter.

This is the British Museum. There is a LOT of cool stuff in there! And despite the wording on some of the plaques, make no mistake – it was stolen. Yes, yes – I know they often had permits and permission and bribedpaid for them. Still weird for Greeks to have to come to London…