Hello Orkney!

March 16, 2014


After we left Shetland, we stayed some days in Orkney.  It was the end of August and you could already see the beauty of autumn taking over. 

To bring you in the mood for the upcoming Orkney posts and to give you a glimpse of these beautiful islands, here are some shots I took on our several trips across Orkney. 






One day we decided to take a guided tour to some of Orkneys sights. For the first part of our tour we were the only ones on the whole coach. When the driver noticed my camera, he offered me the driver assistant seat in the front, from which most of the following pictures were taken. 


So we drove across Orkney on this large coach, the driver stopping every now and then, telling us about the things we saw, Orkneys history and life in Orkney from his first hands experience. 


I will never forget this beautiful summer afternoon, sitting in the front seat of the bus, 
 the sun burning, the yellows and reds in contrast to the greens and blues. 




The colours of late summer.

12 comments:

  1. Such fantastic warm colours and that rich blue sky... beautiful!

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  2. i can't even express my feeling when i see these pictures. sigh....so gorgeous. it's almost hard to believe that this place is real

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  3. Everything is beautiful.
    The layers of colour in the fourth picture are truly stunning.

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  4. Beautiful photos. Beautiful colors!

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  5. Lovely place and wonderful photos!

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  6. The colors in all of these are just so stunning! I'm a little jealous, I must admit, of these sights. :) The blues and the purples and ... just wow. It sort of makes me crave autumn now, even though we're just getting set up for spring, haha!

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  7. Wow. Those open fields are so magical and so full of possibilities

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  8. was für fotos! gute grüße, to von zzzeitkritik.

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  9. Hi Nancy, your photos are glorious..I have a particular affection for #4, it would make for a wonderful painting! Thanks so much for your message..
    Best wishes for a lovely weekend.. Jeanne xx

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  10. They are wonderful !! Those clouds are just magic !!

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