No cycling today. Just a slow wander along the flagged main street of Stromness and back again, via the Khyber Pass… (watch the video.) Tomorrow is my final day, but it will be a long one as the ferry taking me back to Aberdeen doesn’t leave Kirkwall until 23:45. I’m booked in to visit Skara Brae (11 km) at 11:30 and the Orkney Brewery is close by (4 km) leaving either a direct return to Kirkwall (30 km) or a cycle around the northern side of the mainland (50 km). I have plenty of time and will decide once I see how I feel leaving the brewery and / or the weather.

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