Scapa Distillery and Beach

I spent the day in Kirkwall; car in for service and a morning meeting.  A cruise liner spewed out 4.5k folk into the town.  Kirkwall has a population of 10k.  It’s the equivalent of adding 3.95 million to the population of London, for the day.  However, in London, you  don’t get to see Scara Brae.
 
I met Dave in Albert Street, by coincidence outside the Orkney Brewery shop.  As an aside he told me Gill really like drinking ‘Dark Island’ stout.  However he was more agog / concerned about the ‘tidal wave of inhumanity’ – his words.  Talk about a tourist honeypot.  The lid’s off and the bees are working overtime.  Luckily Dave could walk home and retreated to les environs.  I made my escape by heading into the beer shop.  I asked if they had any ‘Dragonhead’ stout.  The young man indicated that a brew had just been made but it was away sooth for bottling.  Although not yellow, I am curious.  I asked if it is bottled in Glasgow.  I hope you are all sitting down.  The answer is Manchester.  Imagine this in Viking times.
 
Thorfinn the Incorrigible:  ‘I’ll tell you whit bueys, the ale’s ready – how aboot we send it doon tae Manchester?’
 
Rognvald the Recidivist:  ‘But it hasn’t been built yet.’
 
I walked past Highland Park to get a view of Scapa.  But who wouldn’t ?
 
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown is 74.