lbert and Fay provide interesting island tours. A local man, Albert knows all there is to know concerning the island, its habitat and wildlife. Well worth a day out.

Quoydale, Hoy, OrkneyScapa Flow Interpretation Centre is a "Must See". The centre itself used to be a pump house, its purpose to refuel the British fleet during the two world wars, and, apart from a converted oil tank, it is all that remains of the once famous Naval Base at Lyness. Really, the centre is a war museum, full of memorabilia from both wars, and paints a vivid picture of those times. There are comprehensive displays from small arms, right up to a real torpedo and the 56 ton propeller of H.M.S. Hampshire, which struck a German mine and sank off Orkney in 1916 - with Lord Kitchener.

The Old Man of Hoy is a sandstone rock stack rising close to the sea about 450 feet high, and is considered to challenge the most experienced climbers. The first successful ascent was televised in 1966 and featured Sir Christopher Bonington, along with Patey and Bailey. Since then, The Old Man of Hoy has become famous around the world as a "must do" climb. Modern techniques and equipment, however, have made the challenge available to slightly less experienced climbers and it has now been conquered many times. As the Old Man of Hoy is susceptible to erosion and takes an annual battering from the winter elements, nobody knows how much longer it will stand before being claimed by the sea.