ROAD TRIP | Orkney Islands & John o'Groats | Motorbike Tour Scotland | Wandering Bird Adventures

Today is Alkney and Jenigway and we're going on the bikes. It's kind of cloudy but it's alright, it's not too warm. I've got my winter gear on and I've got my pretty helmet and my devil horns and we'll see you when we're there. Believe it or not this is 5.30 in Scotland in July. Look how light it is. Be careful for the sheep. We caught the 6.30 ferry from Scrabster to Stromnest. As you can see it's a massive ferry with more than enough space for a camper van. There were a couple of bikes, it wasn't just us and they strapped them down well which was really good to see. We had an amazing buffet breakfast and an incredible view. Just look at that sea, this is the dreaded North Sea. We saw some dolphins. I'm afraid my videoing needs work. Jade decided she felt seasick so slept on the deck for most of the trip. Just look how flat calm it is. We were so incredibly lucky. This is the North Sea with all the famous storms and it was just like a mirror. The route of the ferry took us past the Isle of Hoy where the famous Man of Hoy lives. There he is, he's just a stack of stone quite frankly but it was kind of cool to see. This is us in the channel now and you can see Stromnest in the background. It still stayed really calm and flat and it was such a pretty little town. There we are, nearly at the top of the UK. It was my very first time riding on Notham Ferry so I was very big and brave and this is one of the best bits of any new adventure where you're not really sure what to expect and you come out into the sunlight and you get to see what's there. The roads on Orkney are pretty much the same as the roads in Scotland which means they're awesome for driving and awesome for riding and again we were very lucky with the weather. This is the Ring of Brodgar which is a ring of standing stones very similar to Stonehenge and you can actually walk among these and touch them and walk around them and it's a huge circle. I believe it's one of the biggest in Europe. There's some ancient graffiti mainly from World War II but some of the names do go back to the 1800s. The stones themselves are from 3000 BC. There used to be 60 stones but around 36 are St Magnus Cathedral, Britain's most northerly cathedral. It's built in 1137. You can see how old it is and it's incredible inside. The ceiling and the brickwork is just beautiful but very very old. This is the Italian Chapel which was built by Italian prisoners of war who were kept here in 1942. We're still flying the Italian flag and they built it out of really limited materials. It wasn't actually finished until after the end of World War II where a guy decided to stay on after he was freed so that he could finish the chapel. It's now been consecrated. It's Roman Catholic and it's preserved by one of the historical societies on Orkney. It's a really sweet story. This time we got the ferry back from South Ronald's Way, St Margaret's Hope, to Gills Bay which was near John O'Groats with Pentland Ferries. I'm getting a lot better at riding the bike on and off a ferry. Welcome to John O'Groats. Look at the pole. It's got New York and Land's End It is 10 o'clock at night and we're playing with our drone because it's still daylight like the sun is still in the sky. It's amazing. It's just light. It was light until like 2 30 this morning and then the sun came up at four o'clock again. Thanks for watching guys. Don't forget to give us a thumbs up and subscribe if you want to see more. Bye!