Pentland Ferries sails across the Pentland Firth from Gills Bay in Caithness to St Margaret's Hope on the Orkney Islands. The Pentalina came back into service on Wednesday after time in dry dock ...

Artemis Technologies will send two vessels to Orkney - the larger of which would be smaller than the one portrayed here Orkney is to trial two electric ferries after being awarded more than £15m ...

For some Orcadians, taking a ferry can be more like tackling an assault course. That was certainly my experience as a blind person travelling between the islands. I went to Orkney after being ...

I met a group of ladies from the ferry terminal at Stromness who had booked a private ... “I looked it and broke it to him that this was Burray, in the Orkney Islands, not Barra in the Western Isles.” ...

How to spend one day in Orkney, when you're taking the ferry from the Scottish mainland, and only have a few hours to spare ...

This includes three large ferries to serve the islands of Westray, Stronsay, Sanday and Eday, with plans being drawn up for all of Orkney’s air and ferry-linked island communities. The Orkney ...

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The Orkney Islands could change their status in the ... He said: “We are really struggling at the moment, we have to replace the whole ferry fleet which is older than the CalMac fleet.

where you can find ferries to the northernmost Orkney Islands. Costs for a one-way train ticket vary greatly depending on the time of day and destination. For a single journey ticket from Glasgow ...

The ferry journey from Aberdeen to Lerwick takes approximately 12-14 hours, while the trip from Kirkwall in Orkney to Lerwick takes about 7 hours. Inter-island ferry services connect Mainland ...

Recently, the Orkney Islands Council ignited a debate that ... Kirkwall is a gateway to the rest of the archipelago, with regular ferries departing to the other islands. Local buses are available ...