 We went to the bus station in Inverness to catch our tour bus to Orkney Islands.
|  Here we are waiting for the bus. We had to be at the station by 7:15 AM.
|  Candy's ancestor's home is located here. We went by it on the bus.
|  It was a three hour bus ride to Wick. Here we will take a ferry to the Orkney Islands
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 |  |  Here we are getting onto the ferry that will take us to the Orkney Islands.
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 |  On the ferry (inside the cabin)
|  Candy spent most of the journey there and back to the Islands on the deck of the boat.
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 |  |  |  We arrive at the Orkney Islands.
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 |  We next get on a tour bus.
|  on our tour bus
|  The island was VERY small with homes spead apart for miles.
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 This was a barrier that was put of for WWII.
|  |  Yes, there was LOTS OF HEATHER everywhere!
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 Dennis speeking with our bus driver at one of the stops.
|  WE VISIT SKARA BRAE. The ancient 3500 old home were life began in Scotland.
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 |  Here we leave the replica home to take a short walk to the real ruins.
|  In the distance are the ruins.
|  Stone plaques were placed on the path on our way to the ruins. These plaques listed important dates in history. It was a time line laid out.
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