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There were chickens in the backyard.
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The Italian Chapel. A WWII quonset hut that was transformed by Italian POWs using whatever scrap they could find.
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Going back to the mainland on the SS Claymore
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The causeway, or "Churchill Barrier" that was installed during WWII to cut off navigation between the islands. They also linked up the islands, which were only acessible by ferry.
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Part of Colin and Flora's garden. It was gorgeous.
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St Magnus Cathedral, in downtown Kirkwall
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The main door
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Highland Park Distillery
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Muth and Futh
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The kids at the Ring of Brogar
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Kevin and Emma found the cottage where Grandpa Wooldrage grew up. This would have been the view he woke up to every day.
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...that were positioned directly on the water.
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The landscape was dotted with small graveyards with abandoned churches
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Visiting the graves of Wooldrage ancestors