Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
Steady on there! I think, you hugely mis-judge the Orkney Islands and their inhabitants and they will not thank you for your snide comment. Go there, its easy to do so, and you will certainly see ancient history at numerous sites, but you will see some of the best farmers, particularly stock farmers, in action on some of the best managed grassland that can be found anywhere in the world. You should go, its not all ruined crofts and tumble-down buildings apart from the abandoned military installations that are scattered about, far from it in fact and you will find that many Orcadians are well travelled and are very well informed.
I hope my apologies to you and your neighbors arrive in advance of your interpretation of my reply to NH noob..

My intent was to convey astonishment regarding the almost incredible intensity of our new member's bathing in Scottish attire history, to the extent of almost replicating in real time the efforts of people who'd been living it for centuries. The Orkneys are at the very top of my list of places to visit in Scotland, with the western extremes of Skye not far behind.