The new settlement Tuck mentions was open last summer, but they put the dirt back for the winter to protect it. At least you'll know where it is when you read about it. Janice On Dec 7, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Tuck wrote: > Judy, > > Take the Stromness/ Kirkwall bus and get off at Maes Howe, then it's > not a very long walk to the Stones of Stenness, and then, in the back > yard of the house with the red roof right beside the Stones is > Barnhouse village, a neolithic settlement which you can wander > through. there is a sign, just take the path alongside the house, then > continue on down the road to the west and you'll come first to the > huge new dig unearthing a settlement like Skara Brae, and beyond that > is the spectacular Ring of Brodgar. All this is a nice afternoon's > walk. I'm not sure how you get back, but ask folks and they'll help. > > Tuck > On Dec 7, 2009, at 10:51 AM, Judy Lujan wrote: > >> OK, so I'm sitting in a Starbucks in Edinburgh as I write this. >> Tomorrow morning I travel by Megabus to Aberdeen. I will spend the >> night in Aberdeen and then the next morning will travel by local bus >> from Aberdeen to Inverness and then from Inverness to Scrabster. I >> will catch the 7:00 pm ferry to Stromness and have booked 2 nights >> at a hostel in Stromness. This answers the question of cheap travel >> to Orkney. Now, my next question is: is there a tour company that >> will take me to "all" the archaeological sites? (I know I can't >> really do all, but at least all the "big" ones). I definitely want >> to do Skara Brae, Maes Howe and the Tomb of Eagles (and yes, I know >> it's on another island, but I'm REALLY hoping I can get there!) >> >> Thank you, >> >> Judy, mom to Josh, Eli and ^i^Kerry >> >> http://kerry-lujan.virtual-memorials.com >> >> http://cerridwyn-lujan-1989-2008.gonetoosoon.org/ >> >> >> >> "We tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and what a >> wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress >> while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization." >> >> Gaius Petrionius Arbiter >> >> Roman General, First Century A.D. >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> Orcadia Group Photo Album >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message