In the morning we drove into Stromness and parked near the ferry terminal. We walked through the port. The boat we'd came on last night, MV Hamnavoe, was just coming back in from its morning trip.
The plan was to do a walk uphill out of town, go to a reservoir, then circle back to the south end of the town.
First we had a quick look at the main street in Stromness, it's paved with flagstones.
We walked to the top of Brinkies Brae, with good views back down to the port.
We tried to carry on to the reservoir, but found our way blocked by roadworks wherever we tried. It seems they're laying a data cable across the whole bottom of the island, and many paths are temporarily blocked.
The only option was to head for the coast, then walk back round into Stromness. The weather alternated with wind, showers and sunshine.
We saw a bit more of the town as we walked all the way through it.
We bought some cakes and Orkney fudge from the bakers.
There are lots of neolithic sites all over the Orkney Islands, not just the famous ones like Skara Brae. We drove to Unstan Chambered Cairn which is just up a track not far from Stromness. It's a burial cairn estimated to be about 5,000 years old, older than the pyramids.
You can crawl inside it.
From there we went to our next wild camping spot, a car park with toilets nearby at Skaill Bay. We went for a short walk onto the beach.
For dinner we had pasta with pesto, bacon and cherry tomatoes.
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