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Orkney Highlights Tours I’m a experienced and insured Green Badge Guide offering driver guided or step on tours of Orkney. Licensed and insured for private hire. Limited luggage space.

Comfortable 8 passenger seat vehicle.

Way to start the day. A good strong coffee on my morning walk around beautiful Kirkwall bay.
21/03/2025

Way to start the day. A good strong coffee on my morning walk around beautiful Kirkwall bay.

The St Magnus Way. A pilgrimage route following the story and final journey of St Magnus of Orkney. Now available in vir...
18/03/2025

The St Magnus Way. A pilgrimage route following the story and final journey of St Magnus of Orkney. Now available in virtual form.

We are excited to share that soon you will be able to experience the magnificent Orkney moorland, coastal scenery and wildlife along the St Magnus Way from the comfort of your own home!

The Virtual St Magnus Way is launching Saturday 12th April. It will be livestreamed for anyone who wishes to join but cannot make it in person.

Away on my adventures, checking out history wherever I go. Temple Church, London.
14/03/2025

Away on my adventures, checking out history wherever I go. Temple Church, London.

Heading home. Kirkwall harbour.
22/02/2025

Heading home. Kirkwall harbour.

I don’t guide in beautiful Shetland, but if I did I’d have to read Laurie’s book first .
20/02/2025

I don’t guide in beautiful Shetland, but if I did I’d have to read Laurie’s book first .

An Interview with Shetland native and travel writer Laurie Goodlad.

I wonder?
17/02/2025

I wonder?

On the subject of renaming bodies of water, can we go back to the OG Pentland Firth?

The name is presumed to be a corruption of the Old Norse "Petlandsfjörð", meaning "the fjord of Pictland".

Prior to the Norse occupation of Orkney the strait was known as the "Sea of Orcs" – a reference to the Pictish tribe who inhabited Orkney. In Scottish Gaelic the strait was known as An Caol Arcach, meaning the Orcadian Strait.

Such was their marine prowess of the Orcadians that there are also instances of this name referring to the sea lanes of the entire west coast of Scotland down to Kintyre. One version of the 9th-century Historia Brittonum states that "the Britons originally filled the whole island with their peoples from the English Channel to the Sea of Orcs".

A Kirkwall sunset
13/02/2025

A Kirkwall sunset

A peaceful Kirkwall Bay, where tenders from those cruise ships that lie offshore will come ashore.
12/02/2025

A peaceful Kirkwall Bay, where tenders from those cruise ships that lie offshore will come ashore.

An Orkney sunset.
07/02/2025

An Orkney sunset.

Earl’s Palace, Kirkwall. Home of Black Patie, Earl Patrick Stewart
05/02/2025

Earl’s Palace, Kirkwall. Home of Black Patie, Earl Patrick Stewart

A wonderful new collection of exhibits soon to be seen at the Orkney Museum in Kirkwall.
02/02/2025

A wonderful new collection of exhibits soon to be seen at the Orkney Museum in Kirkwall.

St Magnus Cathedral at night.
28/01/2025

St Magnus Cathedral at night.

First signs of spring, and a new guiding season.
17/01/2025

First signs of spring, and a new guiding season.

Rosemary looking strong in the snow.
08/01/2025

Rosemary looking strong in the snow.

Waiting for the springtime!
05/01/2025

Waiting for the springtime!

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Orkney spring and summer. #orkneyhighlightstours #flowers #spring #cows #cowsofinstagram

The last boat.
The last boat.

The Last ferry crossing before Christmas. The Hamnavoe bringing home loved ones for the Christmas celebrations.

A stiff westerly, Churchill barrier number 2. #seaspray #ocean #waves #causeways #wartimehistory #orkneyhighlightstours #stgaguides #hostgaguides #greenbadgeguideorkney #sea #windy

A hazy west coast day in Orkney. #yesnaby #cliffs #hostgaguides #stgaguides #orkneyhighlightstours #greenbadgeguideorkney #orkney #sea #maritimeheath #oldcottages #militaryhistory #gunnery

Just a snippet of the wonderful Kirkwall City Pipe Band playing before the Christmas tree lighting ceremony today.

Hairy coos. Highland cattle. #daddycows #bull #highlandcattleofinstagram #cows #cowsofinstagram #orkneyhighlightstours #stgaguides #hostgaguides #orkney #rural #ruraladventures #experience #countryexperience #fatherandchild

A windy day at the Broch. Broch of Gurness Orkney #orkneyhighlightstours #stgaguides #hostgaguides #greenbadgeguideorkney #orkney #ironagebritain #sea #roughsea #gales #windyday

Old walls and old lanes of medieval Kirkwall. #medieval #kirkwall #toptours #orkneyhighlightstours #stgaguides #greenbadgeguideorkney #hostgaguides #orkney #walls #seniorstours #walkingtours #nightime #night

St Magnus at night. #stmagnuscathedral #night #cathedral #orkneyislands #orkneyhighlightstours #stgaguides #hostgaguides #churches #norse

Hairy coos! Highland cattle in Orkney. #highlandcow #highlandcowsofinstagram #highlandcattlecalf #hairycoos #orkneyhighlightstours #greenbadgeguideorkney #stgaguides #hostgaguides #cows #cattle #horns #farming

Ring of Brodgar. Clouds, Heather, and old stones. #neolithic #clouds #ancient #oldstones #heartofneolithicorkney #worldheritage #orkneyarchaeology #orkneyhighlightstours #greenbadgeguideorkney

Number 2 Churchill Barrier, Orkney. First signs of autumn. #sea #causeway #churchillbarriers #wave #waves #seaspray #orkneyhighlightstours #stgaguides #hostgaguides #greenbadgeguideorkney

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