My most memorable visit to an island was like a maritime version of Russian dolls - an island, off an island, off an island etc. It was the Holm of Papay, a small uninhabited isle off Papa Westray, which lies off Westray, north of Orkney Mainland, north of mainland Scotland. I’d cadged a ride with a group I’d met doing a meditation retreat who’d arranged for a local boatman to take them out. We climbed into an impressive chambered cairn you can enter via a hatch at the top. This was where Neolithic people interred their dead, 5000 years ago https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/holm-of-papa-westray-chambered-cairn/
Beautiful photos. I love the Scottish Islands, so many to explore and each with its own atmosphere and character. I visited Jersey once and loved the coastline there. I've never been to the Isle of Man, though my Grandmother loved it.
My most memorable visit to an island was like a maritime version of Russian dolls - an island, off an island, off an island etc. It was the Holm of Papay, a small uninhabited isle off Papa Westray, which lies off Westray, north of Orkney Mainland, north of mainland Scotland. I’d cadged a ride with a group I’d met doing a meditation retreat who’d arranged for a local boatman to take them out. We climbed into an impressive chambered cairn you can enter via a hatch at the top. This was where Neolithic people interred their dead, 5000 years ago https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/holm-of-papa-westray-chambered-cairn/
Stunning photos and if you had to say which project I'm most envious of it would be the research for The Magic of the Scottish Islands!
Beautiful photos. I love the Scottish Islands, so many to explore and each with its own atmosphere and character. I visited Jersey once and loved the coastline there. I've never been to the Isle of Man, though my Grandmother loved it.