Toward Hoy

I was beginning to think that the sun had been stolen by an alien race (Their Sun Was Dying- So They Came For Ours!!! ) but today it shone for hours.
The morning did not promise such with rain and wind but I got the wee bus up to the Loch of Skail and the weather improved steadily. I stopped of at Skara Brae and then walked along the beach and the cliffs to Marwick, where the bus picked me up again. The bird is a fulmar.
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