My Orkney Tours & Orkney Farm Tours

My Orkney Tours & Orkney Farm Tours Native Orcadian tour guide offering tours in a 9 seat minibus. Farms and Family History a speciality
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Native Orcadian tour guide offering tours in your own vehicle. Trained to guide on all Orkneys Historic Scotland sites plus general Orkney tours.

Thoughts are with the people of Valencia in Spain after horrendous rains have caused flooding with severe damage to home...
31/10/2024

Thoughts are with the people of Valencia in Spain after horrendous rains have caused flooding with severe damage to homes and loss of lives.

26/10/2024

Well thats the end of my tours for this year, finished today with a fun group of Canadians from the cruise ship Sirena.

Its been a hard year personally, We have lost family members and good friends, and some days it was hard to keep going, but my lovely guests helped keep me positive and their enthusiasm for Orkney was just amazing.

So thank you for all your company, the positive comments and the delightful tripadvisor reviews which make me feel so appreciated.

Big thanks too to all my guiding colleagues who helped out, often on very short notice when I was unable to take a tour that I was booked for.
Due to their help, I never had to let a guest down.

The Guiding community and the businesses we deal with in Orkney are such a friendly, helpful bunch, and I am very glad to be a part of it.

Bookings are coming in for 2025, but for now, Im taking a peedie break.

Stay safe, keep smiling, and Im available for coffee and cake dates 😁

Just about to collect Wendy and her friends from the last cruise ship of the season. The Sirena arrived from Leith, Edin...
26/10/2024

Just about to collect Wendy and her friends from the last cruise ship of the season. The Sirena arrived from Leith, Edinburgh at 11 am.
Let the adventure begin !

24/10/2024

Time to treat yourself to an early Christmas gift ?
Why not come here and have a taste at the distillery?

Its not a hurricane, but its going to be nasty tomorrow, ferries already cancelled, high tide and flood warnings issued....
19/10/2024

Its not a hurricane, but its going to be nasty tomorrow, ferries already cancelled, high tide and flood warnings issued. Winds in excess of 50 miles per hour, so a silver lining to those of us with turbines !

A day to stay inside if you can !

Stay cosy everyone

Over the past few years I have done some work for a company called Top Private Tours . This lovely lady is Pilar, one o...
18/10/2024

Over the past few years I have done some work for a company called Top Private Tours . This lovely lady is Pilar, one of the companies owners who books us to do the clients tours for her.
Chris and I spent some time with her here in Orkney recently discussing her tour itineraries.

14/10/2024

Never Forget the sacrifices made for our freedom .

Thinking of all my friends from Florida and thereabouts today, Hoping you miss the worst of the storm and all stay safe....
08/10/2024

Thinking of all my friends from Florida and thereabouts today, Hoping you miss the worst of the storm and all stay safe.

Remember, If you MUST get the laundry dried outside, double pegs and your phone number in your smalls

Drop a comment or a dm to let me know how you're doing.

Three lovely guests from Austria brightened up my day today. All the usual Neolithic sites, plus a trip Into the Auction...
07/10/2024

Three lovely guests from Austria brightened up my day today. All the usual Neolithic sites, plus a trip Into the Auction Mart and a short farm visit with Gabriele Brown, Weyland learnt how to spin with Denise at the little Woolshed , all before an end of day dip at Inganess !

A promising start to a super day out with Kelly from the Regal Princess yesterday.Warm, Calm and totally a bonus to have...
03/10/2024

A promising start to a super day out with Kelly from the Regal Princess yesterday.
Warm, Calm and totally a bonus to have a day like this in October !

A wee stop off at the Deerness Distillery, who were unfortunately fully booked for lunch, so retail therapy was explored...
28/09/2024

A wee stop off at the Deerness Distillery, who were unfortunately fully booked for lunch, so retail therapy was explored. Congrats Stuart & Adele, it looks wonderful and your staff are super friendly. I’ll be back !

On top of the world on Wideford hill with Karen and Erin ….
28/09/2024

On top of the world on Wideford hill with Karen and Erin ….

Two lovely ladies en route to Shetland for Wool week , exploring Orkney on the way ! A wee beach stop today .. Sands of ...
26/09/2024

Two lovely ladies en route to Shetland for Wool week , exploring Orkney on the way ! A wee beach stop today .. Sands of Wright, South Ronaldsay

Thursday 19 September.The most perfect day of weather , bright, calm and wall to wall sunshine.Nancy and her group arriv...
20/09/2024

Thursday 19 September.
The most perfect day of weather , bright, calm and wall to wall sunshine.

Nancy and her group arrived on the Regal Princess, and were so much fun to show around Orkney.

Guess what … ? They LOVED it !

Day two of a Three day tour with Steven from Montana , bit of scenery, private tour of the Barony Mill with the lovely m...
18/09/2024

Day two of a Three day tour with Steven from Montana , bit of scenery, private tour of the Barony Mill with the lovely miller Ali , a quick stop by Gabrieles Icelandic horses, ( Steven is a keen horseman at home) then on to family history of the Harray family from near Finstown, where we found the birthplace of his GG granny and the burial place of her parents and sister.
All done on one of the hottest days of the year ! 22C / 74F

31/08/2024

We are aware of a small number of rogue tour operators who are soliciting customers online, often offering tours at bargain prices.

When you are researching tours, we recommend that you follow the following steps before committing:

• check online reviews on platforms like Tripadvisor. Multiple short reviews from new members is a sign of review fraud

• make sure that the operator is insured. By law they must have commercial insurance for their vehicle (not just ‘business use’) and must have public liability insurance. They should be willing to show evidence of insurance

• when possible, pay by credit card online. Never give your card details by message / email

• Tour companies that offer ‘per seat’ tours in vehicles of 9 seats or less are operating illegally

• most (but not all) legitimate tour guides are members of Scottish Independent Tour Operator Association or The Scottish Tour Guides Association

Happy touring!

23/08/2024

How about a trip over to Hoy with me ? A half hour on the ferry, beautiful sail between the islands then breakfast/ lunch at the amazing Scapa Flow Museum, and a scenic drive around a very different Orkney island. At a much more sedate speed than Booky McBookface does it in this video ! 😆

Also available for local folk, fill the minibus, make a day of it !

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Not easy to talk about the Chapel when a pipe band takes over the place ! The Comrie Pipe Band were brilliant today, this tune is called Highland Cathedral .

Busy day at the peedie local auction mart today, The annual bull sale was held along with a dispersal sale of breeding cows from a local farm. I think it was 26 bulls sold , plus around 35 cows. Some very good prices for the sellers, We bought 3 cows for our own herd . Heres a snippet of one bull being sold.

Last nights tractor run had 162 tractors, plus pickup trucks, lorries, and excavators. Theyve raised £14000 for two local charities so far , the just giving page is still open, Ill post a link below. In this clip, right after the three trucks, is Steven Sandison with his daughter, pulling a trailer with Santa and his sheep. Steven is one of our hosts on my farm tours . The town was buzzing with happy folk, even some mini farmers with their pedal tractors watching from the sidelines. https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/orkneychristmastractorun?fbclid=IwAR08_GnYSqAu_4krfQEjlJJXiVfUWPMqibSQHmuEufAzx8-qBS7V6_em_r4_aem_AZ4HRJePwcv70L6ylJUz3l7a7GD8EshoLnNAZllqOq_LnKWgPsgsn4bs-SlNf5SjuqE

It’s Tractor run night, all for charity ! Will update you later

Early morning at the Brough of Birsay .. sound on !

A short video of the Rotary parlour at Pole in operation, it takes 8 minutes to rotate fully , I think Hannah said 32 cows and if the udder isnt empty after that, the parlour holds the cow in place and she does a second rotation .

My group started singing in the Italian Chapel today , Video taken by Linda, one of the group. A great friendly group of 28 mostly from the US with a few from Australia too. A windy day in Orkney, especially out at Skara Brae and at the Brough of Birsay.

Heading home from tour a couple of nights ago, I got to watch this ….⬇️ My guests and I had been hearing the pings from the app all day, but had never managed to catch up with the dolphins or whales around the coastline, I dropped them back to their ship and headed home ! Pretty far away as I only had my phone, but lovely to watch for about 20 minutes.

The cloud before the thunderstorm today … some welcome rain cooled the air.

The water wheel at the Barony Mill , when running at full capacity, it produces 40 hp !

New straw in the calf creep pen , turn on sound !

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Native Orcadian tour guide offering tours of my home islands. Qualified to tour on Orkneys Historic Scotland sites plus general Orkney tours of my fave and secret places that the main tours never see.

Tell me what you like ? History ? Nature ? Scenery ? Food & Drinks ? Crafts ? Ill take you there and tell you all about Orkney as we go there .