OUR ORKNEY ADVENTURE
A campervan is the ideal way to tour and explore the islands of this spectacular archipelago, says Dave Roberts
During a cold March evening, after reading about Scotland’s planned easing of the lockdown rules for cross-border travellers, we decided to visit the Orkney Islands at the end of May, for a 10-day road trip.
We booked a couple of campsites and ferries online, in the hope that restrictions would indeed be lifted by that time – which they were, to our great delight. Free to go!
The Orkney Islands are situated on the north coast of mainland Scotland, in an archipelago made up of around 70 islands and a population of around 21,500. At 59 degrees north, it is on the same latitude as southern Norway.
Wild camping
So it was that on a wet and windy Thursday afternoon, we set off from home, near the Snowdonia National Park, driving as far as the forest on the outskirts of Stirling, where we decided to wild camp for our first night away.
The next day, we drove all the way to Chanonry Point, a spit of land extending into the Moray Firth between Fortrose and Rosemarkie.
We wanted to stop here because at low tide, you can spot dolphins hunting for salmon,
