The Boats at Kirkwall

This was our view from the steps of the hotel at Kirkwall. I think that if God has a summer home, it's on Orkney. Winters are surely spent elsewhere.
The largest island of the Orkney is named, in typically ironic Scotish fashion, Mainland. There is much to see and photograph here: the magnificent, Brodgar's Ring, the imposing (and preposterously landscaped) Stones of Stenniss, Maes Howe (had indoor toilets in 2700 B.C.) and much more, but the real attraction for me as a photographer is the land and the sea.