Visiting the uninhabited island! / myLot

Kirkwall, Scotland

October 2, 2019 10:06am CST

From our house, we have sea views and we overlook an uninhabited island - no one lives there apart from rabbits and a few sheep. I have wanted to visit there, but have never had the time. Last weekend, a friend of mine and I made the trip over. We took his small boat and set sail, making the 3nm trip. It was great to walk around the small island, and admire the cliffs and see my home from this different perspective. We set up camp in the ruins of the monastery that dates back to the 1300's - only to find that my friend had forgotten his sleeping bag and tent. I was all prepared, cosy and warm, but, he was rather cold! A decent camp fire and a bottle or two of brandy kept the cold out!

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maximax8

@maximax8 (31046)

• United Kingdom

2 Oct 19

Wow, visiting an island that you can see from your house sounds amazing. I see it was only 3 nautical miles away. Sorry that you friend had forgotten his sleeping bag and tent. Still you able to make a campfire and enjoy the bottles of brandy that you had taken them with you. My local town had two islands and years ago I visited the steep island. It was full of sea gulls. One day I fancy visiting the flat island that has a lighthouse on it.

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Fleur

@Fleura (30338)

• United Kingdom

18 Oct 19

Would that be Flat Holm and Steep Holm by any chance?

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Happy Homestead

@destry (2572)

• Kirkwall, Scotland

18 Oct 19

@Fleura Brings back memories! I was born on one side of the English channel and lived on the other side and had good views of them!

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maximax8

@maximax8 (31046)

• United Kingdom

18 Oct 19

@Fleura Yes, these are the two islands.

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paigea

@paigea (36317)

• Canada

16 Oct 19

A chilly night with no sleeping bag! Sounds lovely otherwise.

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louievill

@louievill (28851)

• Philippines

2 Oct 19

Your story and adventure thrilled me, hope you took some pictures, very interesting

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Jo Ann

@akalinus (43169)

• United States

2 Oct 19

Wow, visiting an island, how exciting. That must have been a thrill. Did you look for artifacts in the ruins of the monastery? Hope your friend was okay.

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