On my nephew’s last day in Orkney, I took him to some cliffs I hadn’t visited before: the seas stacks at Yesnaby. JW loves anything up high (my sister promised me that she wouldn’t hold me responsible if he fell whilst here – a very real fear) so this seemed like a perfect last day trip. The wind was so fierce that day that I decided Scout & I were better staying in the car, while Jack wandered the cliffs. He loved them. And, more to the point, I got him safely to the train in Inverness on Thursday, after which point his safety became somewhat less of a concern for me.
Well, this morning was so beautiful I scrapped my plans to vacuum and do laundry and headed out with Scout to see the sea stacks (sometime called ‘castles’) for ourselves. I think I may have found my favourite spot on Orkney. This was some of the most amazing landscape I’ve seen. The photo here and the ones in my Gallery don’t begin to do it justice, and the cliffs are so much more dramatic than they are in pictures. Also, much, much higher.
I will be going back again and again, even if it is a 35 minute drive to get there.