Having only cycled 22 KM we had time on our hands! We could not get into the Hostel until 5 pm. The next stop was the Orkney museum. Much to see tracing Orkney history back to Neolithic times until the 20th century. Amazing artefacts from as long as 5000 years ago. It is partly funded by a Lottery grant so like many museums in Great Britain it was free. There was a well kept garden out the back. I was glad of an afternoon nap under a tree!
This is an Orkney Island chair.
Later we walked around the harbour. This classic boat was hauled out to paint its bottom. However it needed a lot of maintainance and made me think that I was glad I did not own a boat any longer that was beginning to need a lot more maintainance.
Kirkwall is an attractive town to visit with its narrow streets - some of which are pedestrian only.
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