Exploring Kirkwall - The Capital of Orkney And Meeting Some Of The Locals!

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  • @HenrysAdventures
    @HenrysAdventures  หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @GreatCityAttractions
    @GreatCityAttractions 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice video Henry. Some great spots .

  • @sheilawinter7106
    @sheilawinter7106 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video, Henry! I plan to visit Kirkwall on a cruise. Your tour was very informative!

    • @HenrysAdventures
      @HenrysAdventures  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much! I hope you enjoy your visit.

  • @pirie555
    @pirie555 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video, My Ancestors (Muir & Pirie) came from Orkney Islands. Thank you for sharing . LG Canada.

    • @HenrysAdventures
      @HenrysAdventures  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're welcome! Thank you for joining me!

  • @keith800
    @keith800 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I went there five years ago and fell in love with the Orkney's , there is just so much to see and do there and the trip from Aberdeen to Kirkwall is just a fantastic sea journey.

    • @HenrysAdventures
      @HenrysAdventures  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for watching! Orkney is a great place.

    • @rachelhenderson2688
      @rachelhenderson2688 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same thing happened to me a few years before! A friend who had recently moved to Orkney invited us to stay. I fell completely in love with the place and have remained so ever since. It's just SO LOVELY!

    • @rachelhenderson2688
      @rachelhenderson2688 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      (That does not apply to the weather, by the way!!)

    • @HenrysAdventures
      @HenrysAdventures  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rachelhenderson2688 Thank you for watching Orkney is a great place. I don't think I could live there I like railway to much but I'll certainly look forward to visiting again.

  • @christinedrylie8017
    @christinedrylie8017 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I used to lived in orkney and I enjoyed growing up there and safe living and not many shops and good schools and friendly people and very careing

    • @HenrysAdventures
      @HenrysAdventures  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for watching! Sounds like it was great to grow up in Orkney.

  • @clivemainwaring5835
    @clivemainwaring5835 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thankyou....great video, enjoyed it

    • @HenrysAdventures
      @HenrysAdventures  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're welcome! Thank you for joining me!

  • @heikonaujoks-q5w
    @heikonaujoks-q5w 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i muss sagen dat war auch ein best movie vor 1 jahr mache weiter so lover henry

  • @charlesrae3793
    @charlesrae3793 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can't wait! It's 20 years since I was in Orkney.

  • @josephinejones7270
    @josephinejones7270 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The "causeway" is called the Ayre and is the original Viking harbour wall - a natural protective shingle bank along the northern side of their harbour. The entrance was roughly where the Mills Petrol Station is now. Today the Peedie Sea [or "Peerie Sea"] is a boating bond with waterfowl and is certainly no longer deep enough for ships.

  • @StormySkyRailProductions
    @StormySkyRailProductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the tour around town

  • @josephinejones7270
    @josephinejones7270 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The power station is only there for emergencies! Orkney has been self-sufficient in electrical generation from renewable resources (wind, solar, wave and tidal) since 2013!

    • @HenrysAdventures
      @HenrysAdventures  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you watching and the for the info!

  • @sthutch
    @sthutch ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HI Henry
    the boats used to come all the way up to the steps of the cathedral in front of the town hall --- from the steps of the cathedral to the peedie sea ( the round boating pond now ) is all reclaimed -- a few years ago archaeologists dug trenches in gardens behind the main ST there were jetties and small piers every where I saw one behind the royal bank in there garden ground

    • @HenrysAdventures
      @HenrysAdventures  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Stewart, thank you for watching and the information.

  • @alexwilson365
    @alexwilson365 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What time did you say it was ???? 22 : 30 ? 😲I was born in Guernsey, visit Guernsey, has some lovely history too ! I'd love to visit and have a holiday in Orkney.

    • @HenrysAdventures
      @HenrysAdventures  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for watching! Yes, it seems to never really get dark there in the Summer but in the Winter the have very few hours of daylight. I visited Guernsey earlier this year and had a great time.

  • @heikonaujoks-q5w
    @heikonaujoks-q5w 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i muss sagen ihr habt nette brieten the gefallen me and sind sehr nett

  • @owenpetrie2138
    @owenpetrie2138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Aaaahh it's me and me boys!

    • @HenrysAdventures
      @HenrysAdventures  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is that you who I met while filming the video?

    • @sovereignjoe5730
      @sovereignjoe5730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good to meet you on the video Owen, looks like you were having a good night.

    • @owenpetrie2138
      @owenpetrie2138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@HenrysAdventures yeah that was me! The tall one with the short hair 😂😂

    • @owenpetrie2138
      @owenpetrie2138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sovereignjoe5730 fucken right I was! Smashing

    • @HenrysAdventures
      @HenrysAdventures  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@owenpetrie2138 Nice one! It was good to meet you and the boys! :)

  • @corvavw6447
    @corvavw6447 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Drinken Drinken hobby Drinken 😂❤

    • @HenrysAdventures
      @HenrysAdventures  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha yes! Thank you for watching!

  • @duncanspiers8855
    @duncanspiers8855 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love Orkney. My family on my mother's side is originally from Stromness in the West mainland of Orkney and I have visited Orkney many, many times. So I regard myself as Orcadian and return every year without fail. I love it more and more as the years pass. I think I would like to retire there in due course ... maybe. Having said that, there is lot of Orkney I have never visited. I know the Mainland and the connected islands, but I have never been to Hoy or Sanday. There is much to explore. Orkney has everything you could possibly want in life. There's nowhere like it. Everywhere you go you are bound to trip over neo-lithic or Viking remains and the bird life and wildlife is wonderful. I was told and know where the Orkney primrose grows and return every year to see its tiny little flowers in the summer. What a cheerful sight, this tiny indomitable flower braving the salty wind on the cliffs. Foodwise it is also fantastic with great restaurants specialising in fish, beef or North Ronaldsay lamb with local veg. There are two university campuses if you want to study and the new hospital gives all the health support one could possibly want including specialist services. A truly wonderful place and the people are so welcoming. A wonderful place to visit or to live.

    • @HenrysAdventures
      @HenrysAdventures  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much for watching and sharing your thoughts on Orkney! I certainly hope to visit again soon!

    • @rachelhenderson2688
      @rachelhenderson2688 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      When we visited North Ronaldsay we stayed in the Bird Observatory and enjoyed the delicious lamb from the island at one meal. I remember catching a six-seater plane (can't remember where we were going). It was like catching the bus! The pilot climbed on board, and said "Right, ladies and gentleman (my husband), the emergency instructions are on a card in the pocket on the back of the seat in front of you! But basically, all you need to remember is; if I'm not here, you shouldn't be either! I really LOVE Orkney!

  • @TheAynamrd41
    @TheAynamrd41 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love Orkney and the Cathedral at Kirkwall is beautiful.

    • @HenrysAdventures
      @HenrysAdventures  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for watching! Kirkwall is a lovely place!

  • @sovereignjoe5730
    @sovereignjoe5730 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Henry, i enjoyed this video, much appreciation. Would the folk here be described as Pictish of origin/culture, ..?

    • @HenrysAdventures
      @HenrysAdventures  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're welcome! Thank you for watching! I know people of Orkney are known as Orkadians!

  • @heikonaujoks-q5w
    @heikonaujoks-q5w 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    hey henry i esse für my life gerne auch fische weil er so good schmecket the fish nice waht?

  • @heikonaujoks-q5w
    @heikonaujoks-q5w 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i muss sagen dat is eine krasse begrüssung von euch