Ugh, I am TIRED. Yesterday I decided to be ambitious and rent a bike for the trip to The Ring of Brodgar and The Standing Stones of Stenness. Along the way I stopped at Maes Howe. The ride was about 12 miles one way and on the way there it wasn't too bad. On the way back I had the wind against me and I near DIED. I almost hitched the last few miles. but I knew I'd be mad at myself if I didn't finish.

The Ring of Brodgar was probably the best site, once the MASSIVE hoard of Germans left. There must have been 50 of them. It was really breathtaking. It's a massive ring of stones, and the middle was covered in purple heather. The heather attracted hundreds of bees and their high pitched buzzing was very X-Files-ish. It was unsettling to say the least. I walked around the circle several times, but kept coming back to the same stone. It was interesting how this one stone kept attacting me. Very creepy and surreal place.... oh, the ring is also lined up with the Maes Howe tomb. I can't even use a compass correctly yet these neolithic guys could line up buildings a mile from each other, AND in line with the summer solstice.

The Standing Stones of Stenness were also nifty, but there were only about 5-6 of them. Either way, they sit in the middle of a random field. I was trying to get some decent photos of them, but everytime there was a good bit of sun or whatever, some dumbass would walk over to one of the stones and pretend they were pushing it over.

Today I am off to Rousay on the ferry. I will spend a day there and then come back and spend a day in Stromness, to see the famed Skara Brae. Skara Brae is the oldest house ever found it is said. We'll see. No more bike riding for a while though so I have to find an alternate way to get there.