You can get a cheap rental car from Peace in Kirkwall. The major arch. sites you mentioned are doable. However will require a ferry from Tingwall east of Kirkwall on the Mainland. As long as the weather is agreeable, you could do a once over in a day on Rousay. The island is about 14 miles around and has only the one road. When you arrive you may take a cab tour. The main sites are only a few miles from the ferry. The diner at the pier is the hub of the island. The sites on Mainland are not spread out to far to do easily in a day, even if you drive yourself. There are some books for self-touring at the tourist place in Kirkwall, don't know if there is in Scrabster. If you go to southern Mainland and are driving, it might be worth a short side trip to see the Italian Chapel in Northern South Ronaldsay. Marilyn In a message dated 12/7/2009 10:53:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, clairseach42@yahoo.com writes: 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

Every time I have been to Rousay, it has rained part of the time or the entire time, so be prepared with warm, waterproof boots as well as your waterproof coat, gloves, scarf, etc. (no umbrella - too windy). If you're prepared to keep warm and dry, you can have a fantastic time! Enjoy. Janice On Dec 7, 2009, at 12:48 PM, msiperek@aol.com wrote: > You can get a cheap rental car from Peace in Kirkwall. The major > arch. > sites you mentioned are doable. However will require a ferry from > Tingwall > east of Kirkwall on the Mainland. As long as the weather is > agreeable, you > could do a once over in a day on Rousay. The island is about 14 > miles > around and has only the one road. When you arrive you may take a > cab tour. > The main sites are only a few miles from the ferry. The diner at > the pier is > the hub of the island. > The sites on Mainland are not spread out to far to do easily in a > day, > even if you drive yourself. There are some books for self-touring > at the > tourist place in Kirkwall, don't know if there is in Scrabster. If > you go > to southern Mainland and are driving, it might be worth a short > side trip to > see the Italian Chapel in Northern South Ronaldsay. > Marilyn > > > In a message dated 12/7/2009 10:53:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > clairseach42@yahoo.com writes: > > 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