Plan your trip

GETTING HERE

Loganair ( www.loganair. co.uk) fly to Kirkwall from Inverness, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Sumburgh. Flybe ( www.flybe.com) fly to Kirkwall from Aberdeen. Northlink Ferries ( www.northlink ferries.co.uk) offer four sailings per week from Aberdeen (A90) to Kirkwall, and three sailings a day from Scrabster (A9) to Stromness.

SUPPLIES AND STOPS

In Evie, there’s Evie Post Office and village shop (018456 751216). In Birsay, visit Birsay Bay Tearooms (01856 721399, www.birsaybaytearooms.co.uk). In Dounby, you can stock up at Dounby Co-Op and pause at Smithfield Hotel & Café (01856 771215, www.smithfieldhotel.co.uk). In Finstown, there’s the Waterside

Café (01856 761024, www. thewatersidecafefinstown.com) and Baikies Stores (01856 761305). Finally, in Orphir, try the Noust Bar (01856 811348).

WHERE TO STAY

In Kirkwall try the simply named Orkney Hotel (01856 873477, www.orkneyhotel.co.uk) – doubles with breakfast from £79. In Stromness there’s the Ferry Inn (01856 850280, www.ferryinn. com), which has doubles with breakfast from £85.

MORE INFORMATION

The Way has its own website which is full of helpful information: www.stmagnusway.com And for general accommodation and tourist information, go to www.visitorkney.com