[email protected] wrote: > > > Helicopter seems to be the preferred means of travel for those who really > know how rocky the footpath is, let alone how treacherous the rocks might be to > a boat. After arriving early one morning to make it along the path, which > stops and turns to piles of rocks half way there, a helicopter kept flying > around and seemed to come down to land but went right back up. The early > visitors were curious. When the man from Historic Scotland arrived to open up > their area he told us that they were flying in the person(s) to do the lighthouse > inspection. I assume they thought it the only sensible way to get there. > > Karen > Well, as you may well recall, it's not always such a great way to get to the Brough, Karen: http://www.orcadian.co.uk/archive/2002/broughbirsay.htm Norman Tulloch