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Saturday Arrival

Arrive at 8PM.
Stay at Hilton or head to Canterbury.

Sunday Day 2
1st Train Day

In Canterbury
Visit Wye
Stay at Magnolia House

Monday Day 3
2nd Train Day train to London 1:30
Canterbury East London Victoria 8:20 9:47 1:27
Canterbury East London Victoria 8:20 10:04 1:44
Canterbury East London Victoria 8:42 10:17 1:35
Canterbury East London Victoria 9:21 10:47 1:26
Canterbury East London Victoria 9:51 11:17 1:26
Canterbury East London Victoria 10:22 11:47 1:25
train to Inverness 8:00
London Euston Inverness 1 10:25 19:36 9:11 (change in Glasgow)
London Kings Cross Inverness 2 10:30 19:36 9:06 (change in Dundee, Perth)
London Kings Cross Inverness 0 12:00 20:07 8:07
London Kings Cross Inverness 1 13:00 20:56 7:56 (change in Edinburgh)
London Kings Cross Inverness 1 15:00 23:15 8:15 (change in Edinburgh)

Stay at Hawthorn Lodge

Tuesday Day 4

Wednesday Day 5

Laundry Thursday Day 6
3rd Train Day
Orkney Map train to Thurso - Scrabster 3:30
Inverness - Thurso 7:21 10:43 3:22
Inverness - Thurso 11:27 14:51 3:24
Inverness - Thurso 17:30 21:03 3:33
ferry to Stromness 1:45 £31* 0600 or 1200
or
The Orkney Bus: Inverness 1420 -> Kirkwell 1930 (Better time of day)

Pick an Orkney lodging and hire a car

Friday Day 7

Saturday Day 8

Sunday Day 9

Monday Day 10

Tuesday Day 11

Wednesday Day 12
4th Train Day

ferry to Scrabster 1:45 £31* 0900 or 1500
train to Inverness
Thurso Inverness 0 13.08.01 12:37 16:00 3:23
Thurso Inverness 0 13.08.01 16:45 20:07 3:22
or
The Orkney Bus: Kirkwell 0900 or 1615 -> Inverness 13:45 or 2100

Stay at Hawthorn Lodge

Thursday Day 13

Laundry Friday Day 14
5th Train Day train to London 8:00
train to Canterbury 1:30
Visit Wye
Stay at Magnolia House

Saturday Day 15
6th Train Day In Canterbury
train to London 1:30
check in at Paddington
1 hour photo across from Paddington
Double Decker Tour
Heathrow Express 0:30
18:35 Departure

*All ferry prices are for two people.

Rail Pass: 8 days in 2 months $509, $435
15 days consecutive $599, $509

Skaill House at Skara Brae!

Rickla Central Orkney

2 South End Stromness

Aberdeen - Lerwick (14:00 Ferry £160* 1800-0800)
Lerwick - Stromness (8:00 Ferry £143* 1200-2000)
Stromness - Scrabster (1:45 Ferry £31* 0900 or 1500) Plan C Aberdeen - Stromness (8:00 Ferry £132* 1200-2000)
Stromness - Scrabster (1:45 Ferry £31* 0900 or 1500)

Ullapool (1:30 bus)
Stornoway (2:40 ferry)
Tarbert (31 Miles)
Uig (1:35 ferry £17*)
Armadale (50+ Miles)
Mallaig (0:30 ferry £5.60*)
Fort William (1:30 train)
Glasgow Queen Street (3:30 train)

Other places to go / things to do

from http://www.angliarailways.co.uk/,http://www.nnrailway.co.uk/ - A 10 mile steam train from Sheringham to Holt. 20m N of Norwich, 30m NE of King's Lynn.

UK Future Plan

Orkney Lodging

Orkney

Lodging

Transit

Etc