sorry i can't be of help; we had a rental car on eday so didn't walk-the-walk (as we say out west here) bill canadian orcadian http://islandnet.com/~wji/reunion.html ----- Original Message ----- From: agp@telerama.com Date: Sunday, July 18, 2004 3:57 pm Subject: [<orcadia>] Walks on Eday and Stronsay > Hi all > > My planning continues and I have some questions about walks about > Stronsay > and Eday. > > First, I have a question about doing a walk out to the Vat of > Kirbuster. I > see from the brochures that the walk out to the Vat from Whitehall > is 5 > miles each way. My feet can't do that! However, I am wondering > what the > terrain is like closer to the Vat, around the Meikle Water, > Bluthers Geo, > etc. I'd like to arrange transport down to that area, and then > have someone > pick us up at an agreed upon time, so I may contact D S Peace in > Samson's > Lane to see if we can arrange this by taxi. Does this sound viable? > > I also want to do the walk around Noup Hill via Vinquoy Hill on > Eday. The > brochure says that would be a 4 1/2 hour walk. Is this accurate? > It only > looks to be about 6 km round trip. Once again, I may need to > arrange > transport to the beginning of the walk from London Airport. > > So with thoughts of arranging transport, that leads me to ask > about mobile > phone service on Eday and Stronsay. Should I end up arranging > transport, > being able to contact someone in case of trouble, or not, would be > advantageous. Any ideas? -- or can anyone recommend anyone who > arranges > such walks. > > Cheers > > Tony Pavick > Pittsburgh PA USA > > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with > the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > >
hi are you just holidaying in stromsey, cAROL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Irvine" <wji@shaw.ca> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:12 AM Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Walks on Eday and Stronsay > sorry i can't be of help; we had a rental car on eday so didn't walk-the-walk (as we say out west here) > bill > canadian orcadian > http://islandnet.com/~wji/reunion.html > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: agp@telerama.com > Date: Sunday, July 18, 2004 3:57 pm > Subject: [<orcadia>] Walks on Eday and Stronsay > > > Hi all > > > > My planning continues and I have some questions about walks about > > Stronsay > > and Eday. > > > > First, I have a question about doing a walk out to the Vat of > > Kirbuster. I > > see from the brochures that the walk out to the Vat from Whitehall > > is 5 > > miles each way. My feet can't do that! However, I am wondering > > what the > > terrain is like closer to the Vat, around the Meikle Water, > > Bluthers Geo, > > etc. I'd like to arrange transport down to that area, and then > > have someone > > pick us up at an agreed upon time, so I may contact D S Peace in > > Samson's > > Lane to see if we can arrange this by taxi. Does this sound viable? > > > > I also want to do the walk around Noup Hill via Vinquoy Hill on > > Eday. The > > brochure says that would be a 4 1/2 hour walk. Is this accurate? > > It only > > looks to be about 6 km round trip. Once again, I may need to > > arrange > > transport to the beginning of the walk from London Airport. > > > > So with thoughts of arranging transport, that leads me to ask > > about mobile > > phone service on Eday and Stronsay. Should I end up arranging > > transport, > > being able to contact someone in case of trouble, or not, would be > > advantageous. Any ideas? -- or can anyone recommend anyone who > > arranges > > such walks. > > > > Cheers > > > > Tony Pavick > > Pittsburgh PA USA > > > > > > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with > > the word > > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >