Viking Feast on the Beach 9 August

Viking dance at Viking Feast on the Beach, Scapa, Orkney

Come for a Viking Feast on the Beach at the fabulous sandy beach of Scapa just outside of Kirkwall. Fun for all the family. No walking required. We meet at the car park by the beach toilets at Scapa at 6 pm. When arriving at Scapa we are met my our outdoor cook and ropemaker […]

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Viking Feast on the Beach 12th July SOLD OUT

Viking Feast on the Beach Orkney tablet weaving

Come for a Viking Feast on the Beach at the fabulous sandy beach of Scapa just outside of Kirkwall. Fun for all the family. No walking required. We meet at the car park by the beach toilets at Scapa at 6 pm. When arriving at Scapa we are met my our outdoor cook and ropemaker […]

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Viking Voyage to Hoy 19 June

Viking Hiking day trip to Hoy. Travel with the Vikings and enjoy a Viking feast on the beach at Rackwick

A full day Viking adventure in Hoy. After meeting in Stromness by the John Rae statue at 9.30 am for a safety briefing, we lay the modern world behind us and become Vikings for the day. We take the small passenger ferry from Stromness across to the island of Hoy. From Moaness pier we walk […]

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Charity Pilgrimage on St Magnus Way

Birsay whalebone and Brough of Birsay

An Orkney pilgrimage On Easter Monday, probably in the year 1117, the earl of Orkney, Magnus Erlendsson, was murdered on his cousin’s orders. Magnus became Orkney’s eternal earl, enshrined in the magnificent Saint Magnus Cathedral. And astonishingly, his remains are still there, now safely hidden inside a pillar. The pilgrimage is open to people of […]

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A pilgrimage in sleet

St Magnus Way: Across the Orphir hills in sleet and snow, December 2017. The sun glowing golden on the horizon over Scapa Flow between sleety showers.
St Magnus Way: Across the Orphir hills in sleet and snow, December 2017. The sun glowing golden on the horizon over Scapa Flow between sleety showers. The Round Kirk, Orphir. 12th Century. Believed to have been commissioned by Earl Hakon Palsson, killer of St Magnus, after a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Firth and Orphir on a [...]Read more of A pilgrimage in sleet...