So then, we caught the ferry to Orkney on Monday started our tour anti-clockwise around the main Islands. On the East side of Scapa Flow is the ‘Churchill Barriers’. These were four barriers (like causeways) put in place to stop German U Boats from attacking from the East (HMS Royal Oak was sunk by a U Boat in 1939 with the loss of 833 crewmen). Between Barriers 1 and 2 on the Island of Lamb Holm is the Italian Chapel.
The chapel was built by prisoners of war in the 2nd World War. It was converted from a Nissen Hut and constructed using scrap materials. The inside was painted by artist, Domenico Chiocchetti
Our night stop was on the wild and windy ‘Mull Head’ on the island of Deerness
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