Yahlala kuLwandle loMntla ngaphaya kwencam yeScotland, iIorkney Islands zihlala zisilela ukubhalisa kubakhenkethi. Rhoqo, abakhutshelwa ngaphandle kwimephu yeendawo ezishushu ezifanelekileyo zaseYurophu. Kwaye ngobubanzi be-59ºN, ngokuqinisekileyo ayizizo iitropiki: awuyi kufumana iilwandle ezinesanti emhlophe kunye nehammock ebotshelelwe phakathi kwemithi yekhokhonathi apha.
Endaweni yokuba eli chwebakazi lisasazeke kwiziqithi ezingama-70- isibini kwisithathu sazo esingenabemi - linexesha elinxitywe lixesha, elinomtsalane ongaqondakaliyo. Kwiziqithi ze-Orkney, abahambi baya kuvuzwa ngamatye ahlaselwe sisaqhwithi, izangqa zamatye zamandulo, kunye nokuma okukhangeleka kakubi kolwandle, okuphuma kumanzi aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka njengekrele (kwaye banomdla ngokukodwa kwizazi zejoloji nakwezakudala).
Banokuziva ngathi kukude, kodwa kubahambi, ezi ziqithi ziyafikeleleka ngokupheleleyo. Kukho inkunzi ekhulayo kunye neevenkile kunye nabaqhubi bezokhenketho, inkonzo yokuhamba ngeenqanawa rhoqo edibanisa iziqithi, kunye neyona ndawo iphambili yaseYurophu kwiindawo zakudala zeNeolithic (zonke ezo zivuleleke kubakhenkethi). Ukulungele ukucwangcisa uhambo? Nantsi yonke into ekufuneka uyazi ngohambo oluya kwiiOrkney Islands.
Ndwendwela indawo yakudala
I-Mainland (eyona inkulu kwii-Orkney Islands) yonyulwe njenge Indawo yeLifa leMveli ye-UNESCO ngo-1999, kwaye igcwele ngobutyebi bangaphambi kwembali. Qala ngokutyelela Isangqa seBrodgar (isangqa selitye esakhiwe malunga ne-2500 BC), esandulela zombini i-Stonehenge kunye neepiramidi zase-Egypt. Ngandlela thile, i-27 yamatye okuqala angama-60 ahleli emile emva kwalo lonke eli xesha, kwaye amava okuhamba ujonge ezi zikhumbuzo zamandulo ayinto imfutshane.
Kufuphi USkara Brae yindawo egcinwe ngeXesha leLitye elafunyanwa ngo-1850 xa isaqhwithi esinamandla sasiphephula yonke isanti eyayiyigcinile kangangeenkulungwane. Apha, unokwenza iindonga kunye neempahla ezazibekwe ngesandla ngabantu ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-5 000 eyadlulayo. Kwaye ukuba uyayithanda imbono yokulala ecaleni kwamabhodlo angaphambi kwembali, kunokwenzeka ukurenta indlu ngaphakathi Indlu yeSkaill : indawo entle yefama yenkulungwane ye-17 ehlala iinyawo ezingama-600 ukusuka kwindawo yezinto zakudala.
Thatha uhambo oluselunxwemeni
Ngolwandle oluMantla oluqhutywa ezantsi kwakho, kwaye lubalasele ngakumbi umboniso weentyatyambo zasendle Zenzeka rhoqo entwasahlobo, iiIqithi zeOrkney zenza intaba engalibalekiyo. Kwintshona ye-Mainland, ungahamba unxweme oluxineneyo kwi Indlela yeemayile ezili-10 Okukusa kanye emaphethelweni amawa, kwaye unike imibono emnandi yolwandle, (loo matye aqhekezayo aqingqiweyo esiqithini ngamaza). Ukufumana enye into ekhokelwa ngakumbi, bhukisha ukhenketho kunye nenkampani yabucala I-Orkney ifunyenwe , ebonelela ngohambo lwabo kuzo zonke iziqithi.
Thatha inqwelomoya emfutshane ehlabathini
Nje ukuba uyenze kwii-Orkney Islands ezivela kwilizwekazi laseScotland (ngokusebenzisa isikhephe okanye inqwelomoya), zininzi iindlela zokuhamba. Abahambi banokutsiba ebhasini, bakhwele iifriji ezongeziweyo, okanye bashiye imoto eqeshisayo. Kodwa kakhulu njengeeFaroe Islands ukuya emantla, kukwakho neenqwelomoya eziphakathi kwesiqithi, ezisebenza ngenqwelomoya yaseScotland ebizwa Loganair . Phakathi kweendawo (Eday, North Ronaldsay, Sanday, Stronsay) yindlela eyi-1.7 yeemayile edibanisa iWestray nePapa Westray. Ngaphantsi nje kwemizuzu emibini, ngokusesikweni yi indiza emfutshane yehlabathi .
Chitha ubusuku eKirkwall
Idolophu elikomkhulu laseOrkney, iKirkwall, sisixeko esityebileyo ngenkcubeko kunye nembali-iirekhodi zibonisa ukuba yayiliziko elibalulekileyo lezorhwebo kwangoko ngenkulungwane ye-11. Namhlanje, yindawo yokurhweba ehamba phambili, eneendawo zokutyela, ii-bar, iithiyetha, kunye nomxube omnandi weevenkile ezithengisa ubucwebe obenziwe apha ekhaya, ubugcisa kunye neempahla. Nge Icawa yaseSt. Magnus . Phakathi kweKirkwall kunye neeapos ezininzi iindlela zokuhlala zinokuqhutywa kosapho Ihotele iAyre kunye neVictorian-themed Ihotele yaseKirkwall , eyokugqibela ejonge elwandle.
Ngaphandle kweKirkwall, kufanelekile ukuthatha isikhephe esiya eStromness, idolophu yesibini enabemi abaninzi eOrkney. Ngemigca yayo yamatye amancinci, anamakhulu eminyaka ubudala abekwe ngasemanzini, ineyona ndawo intle yokujonga elwandle kuyo yonke iYurophu.
Yiya ekhempini ehlotyeni
Ngendawo evulekileyo kakhulu, akumangalisi ukuba abahambi abaninzi bafuna ukulala phantsi kweenkwenkwezi ngexesha leenyanga ezifudumeleyo. Incwadi incwadi glamping pod okanye Campsite e Iifama zeOrganic Farm , i-eco-lodge kwifama eneminyaka engama-200 esebenzayo. Ipropathi ijongene nolwandle kwisiqithi iSouth Ronaldsay, inikezela ngeembono ezingenakuthelekiswa nanto zamawa ajikelezileyo kwaye, ngokuxhomekeke kwixesha lonyaka, iZibane zaseMantla. Ngelixa into ephumeleleyo kwipropathi kukude kwayo, indlela enemizila emine isayidibanisa ne-Mainland, ke awuzange uphinde ube yimizuzu eli-15 ngemoto ubuyela eKirkwall.
Sela iwhiskey yaseScotland
Ngendlela yokwenyani yaseScotland, kukho ii-distilleries ze-whisky kwii-Orkney Islands. Iqela, eneneni. Kodwa eyona idumileyo yeyokuba IHighland Park , eyona distillery isemantla e-United Kingdom. I-malt eyodwa ye-Highland Park iphumelele amabhaso amaninzi kunye namawonga (kuba besenza izinto ukusukela nge-1798, akukho mntu ubuza ngobungcali babo). Ngexesha lokhenketho lwezixhobo, iindwendwe zifunda konke malunga nokuba irhasi inyityiliselwa njani emanzini kumfula okufuphi, kwaye sele ikhulile kwiibhasikithi zom-oki zaseSpain ezinongwe ngesherry. Ewe, ukhenketho luphela ngokungcamla.