The Mainland of Orkney can offer the visitor a richness and variety of attractions that few other places can match. Running through the rich farm land, there is also moorland, marshland, hill scenery and sea-cliffs. Here can be found some of the best variety of bird life in Britain, that will certainly interest the ornithologists and naturalists among you. As well offering ideal nest sits for birds the sea-cliffs make for spectacular scenery along the Atlantic coastline, contrasts strongly with the many quiet and sheltered sandy bays.

Orkney could justifiably be called a fisherman's paradise. There are numerous large and small lochs on the island suitable for both bank and boat fishing. The larger lochs offer excellent specimens of  Brown trout and Sea Trout, both of which are a strong and agile fish and   perfectly capable of testing the best fishermen!. Fishing can become very competitive in the summer time, when the experts start to arrive and show you how's it's done, yip you may find your great wee fishing spot taken over by the local Seals. Sea fishing is also popular and can provide you with some handsome prizes of halibut, skate and others.

To make the most of you visit to Orkney, plan you trip around Midsummer's Day, Your are so far north that there's no true nightfall at this period, nothing more that a light twilight known as  the "simmer dim". You can more or less explore the island 24 hours a day - if you can keep up the pace. If you stand looking at the low hills of Orkney on the horizon, you're nearer to the Arctic Circle than you are to London, and on a clear summer day this can feel like the edge of the world.