Monthly Archives: July 2017

Sandwick, Orkney – St Peter’s

Posted on July 30, 2017 by admin

A few miles south of Birsay, is St Peter’s Church, Sandwick – HY 234198. It is a very dramatic setting, on the north side of the Bay of Skaill. It is rather nice closer up, and there is parking next … Continue reading →

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Birsay, Orkney – St Magnus

Posted on July 27, 2017 by admin

Monday 10 July. We drove along the A966 to Birsay, past the Earl’s Palace, and found a very nice café, Birsay Bay Tearoom – website. It has wifi – so I spent a happy half hour booking seats to Cumbria … Continue reading →

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Orphir, Orkney – Round Church

Posted on July 25, 2017 by admin

This was our first Orkney church of the holiday (Sunday 9 July). I have always liked the south road from Kirkwall to Stromness, the A964, that runs along the top of Scapa Flow. We went through to Orphir and stopped at … Continue reading →

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Deerness, Orkney – St Ninian’s church and the Brough of Deerness

Posted on July 24, 2017 by admin

Julie and I had a fortnight on Orkney in July 2017 – the first holiday fortnight we’ve had just the two of us for many years (and we didn’t argue!). We drove north from Derby – as you have probably … Continue reading →

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Cromarty, Highland – East Church

Posted on July 23, 2017 by admin

After a morning (Friday 7 July) in Inverness we drove over the Kessock Bridge and on to the Black Isle to visit the little town of Cromarty. Coffee in the bookshop, then I parked by the sea and went for … Continue reading →

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Inverness, Highlands – St Andrew’s Cathedral

Posted on July 22, 2017 by admin

Inverness Cathedral, Serving the Highlands – says the tag line. Grid ref – BB123456 – website. Interesting that the guidebook gives their social media links, not the website. It is the Episcopal Cathedral, as the Church of Scotland doesn’t do … Continue reading →

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Fortingall, Perthshire – Kirk

Posted on July 20, 2017 by admin

I first came to Fortingall in the summer of 1982. Richard Hunt, Chaplain of Selwyn College Cambridge, used to organise long-distance walks, and that summer’s was from Dundee to Iona. I had to leave before we got to Oban as … Continue reading →

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Grandtully, Perthshire – St Mary’s

Posted on July 17, 2017 by admin

We are en route to Orkney. On Friday 6 July we are heading up the A9, and following a prefab house on a lorry – worse than a caravan. A few miles north of Dunkeld we turned left onto the … Continue reading →

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northernvicarwalks June 2017

Posted on July 16, 2017 by admin

I only walked 55 miles in  June. By the end of the month I have walked 355 miles. I should have done 496. But I have enjoyed those I did walk. I walked through Quarndon and Hazelwood to The Hanging Gate … Continue reading →

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Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire – St Michael

Posted on July 15, 2017 by admin

The church of St Michael, Baddesley Clinton – website, grid reference SP 203713 – is a short walk from the entrance to the Hall. A welcoming notice, and traditional Book of Common Prayer every Sunday (always a good idea to … Continue reading →

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