Travel 
Sailing North Atlantic Islands: Orkneys, Shetlands and Faroes
23 – 26 May 2015
5000-year-old hauntingly beautiful, wind-swept village of Skara Brae.
The Sea Spirit sails relative calm waters around Scotland then heads north to the Orkneys. This is new territory for me and an area of the world heretofore not on my bucket list. However, this particular cruise’s itinerary is my reason for signing on. My next stop is Kirkwall on the Orkney Archipelago. Seas are calm and gray, skies are flat gray, but temperatures are pleasant. A wonderful environment for sailing.