[Photos] UK 31 - Orkney

The last batch of Orkney photos before we move onto Aviemore.

Tonight we played Dungeons and Dragons with our team (ridiculously named Brongeons and Brogons), and a hilarious night was had. I brought homemade banana bread (with chocolate chips) and Anita brought apple crumble.

This weekend I think will hopefully be pretty quiet. It's been good to post these pictures up slowly, and process them all. By the end of it, it'll be close to 40 posts, but you'll have only seen the very tip of the iceberg, given I took some 5,000 photos. (Too many, obviously, lol).





( Some of my favourites under the cut. )

[Photos] UK 31 - Aviemore, Loch Morlich

While I had plans to do a few different things in Aviemore, including visiting the Reindeer park and the zoo there (which has wolverines and polar bears), ultimately I was too sick to do much more than constantly lie in bed, barring one excursion to Loch Morlich in Glenmore, which was incredibly worth it.

The Airbnb we stayed in here was lovely. In addition, I asked the host if we could check in considerably earlier (I almost didn't ask, because I didn't want to impose) and since it's normal to be charged a fee for this, I framed it as 'I know this is last minute, but we would be happy to pay an additional fee to check in early.' She straight away messaged back telling us the place was ready, and that there would be no fee, and then to let us know if we needed anything else at all.

The place we stayed was the first place that was heated via biofuel, and its environmental footprint was extremely conscientious in all ways. Not only that, but it was a beautiful place to basically be bedridden in, and it felt so homely and lovely, with really nice decorative touches. It was across the road from a small Tesco, and we chatted the the guy working behind the counter and struck up conversation, and eventually ended up talking about Avengers: Endgame which was opening that night. He said he was - after playing football - driving up to Inverness (50 minutes away) to watch its opening session.

We made the decision to drive up to Inverness the next day and watch it. I had mixed feelings about this, we knew we were going to see the movie with Silvia but I'd planned for it to be in Aberdeen 2 days later. In the end though, all I could manage was sitting and watching a movie, so exhausted that it hurt to draw breath, my legs aching simply because I was conscious.

Yeah okay, no wonder I'm still recovering from this holiday.


At 300 metres above sea level, it is the highest beach in Britain.



( Loch Morlich was incredible. )