Prince Philip

[Pigmy Pony]

No shortage of people with a few million down the back of their sofa, so there will be a good reason why all these castles haven't been snapped up... Mrs. P would love for just me and her to live in the arse end of nowhere, but if we could afford it I would plump for somewhere warm, and with some shops

[Marco]

No shortage of people with a few million down the back of their sofa, so there will be a good reason why all these castles haven't been snapped up... Mrs. P would love for just me and her to live in the arse end of nowhere, but if we could afford it I would plump for somewhere warm, and with some shops

That's what the butler is for - order it and off he pops

Warm climates are fine, but not really our thing. Del loves snow (and generally the autumn/winter months), as do I, and you get plenty of the white stuff in the highlands!

Marco.

[Jac Hawk]

That's what the butler is for - order it and off he pops

Warm climates are fine, but not really our thing. Del loves snow (and generally the autumn/winter months), as do I, and you get plenty of the white stuff in the highlands!

Marco.

Yes there is, but it's mainly wind and driving rain and the further north you go the less daylight you have in the winter, i grew up on Orkney it's a nice enough place but the winters up there aren't the picture postcard fairy tails you see on TV, regular power cuts, long dark nights that seem to last forever, it's ok for a holiday but moving to a place like that takes some adjustment especially if you move there from England.

[Marco]

Yes there is, but it's mainly wind and driving rain and the further north you go the less daylight you have in the winter, i grew up on Orkney it's a nice enough place but the winters up there aren't the picture postcard fairy tails you see on TV, regular power cuts, long dark nights that seem to last forever, it's ok for a holiday but moving to a place like that takes some adjustment especially if you move there from England.

Lovely place to grow up, Mike. We LOVE Orkney. Del and I went there for a holiday a few years ago (drove up from Glasgow where we were living at the time), and stopped at Skye en-route, which is another gorgeous place (we love the islands), and then crossed over to Orkney on the ferry from Thurso. We enjoyed seeing all the brochs (Broch of Gurness, etc), Standing Stones of Stenness, Scapa Flow and the Italian Chapel.

We just love places that are WAY off of the beaten track and evoke 'a land that time forgot', and I'm sure you'd agree Orkney is like that - totally unspoiled and unravaged by the worst aspects of modern life (gross commercialism and consumerism), which in many ways also applies to the Highlands of Scotland. Yes, it's colder up there and more remote than where we are now, but I lived in Scotland for over 30 years (Del 10 years), so we're used to it, and have regularly had winter holidays in places such as Austria and Switzerland, where it's been as cold as -30C!

Cold doesn't bother us - you just wrap up more in proper thermals!

Marco.

[Jac Hawk]

Lovely place to grow up, Mike. We LOVE Orkney. Del and I went there for a holiday a few years ago (drove up from Glasgow where we were living at the time), and stopped at Skye en-route, which is another gorgeous place (we love the islands), and then crossed over to Orkney on the ferry from Thurso. We enjoyed seeing all the brochs (Broch of Gurness, etc), Standing Stones of Stenness, Scapa Flow and the Italian Chapel.

We just love places that are WAY off of the beaten track and evoke 'a land that time forgot', and I'm sure you'd agree Orkney is like that - totally unspoiled and unravaged by the worst aspects of modern life (gross commercialism and consumerism), which in many ways also applies to the Highlands of Scotland. Yes, it's colder up there and more remote than where we are now, but I lived in Scotland for over 30 years (Del 10 years), so we're used to it, and have regularly had winter holidays in places such as Austria and Switzerland, where it's been as cold as -30C!

Cold doesn't bother us - you just wrap up more in proper thermals!

Marco.

I'm pleased you enjoyed your holiday there mate, the Italian Chapel is beautiful and quite extraordinary and the islands are full of interesting things to see, my last house there was near the bay of Skaill which is where Skara Brae a Neolithic settlement is.

Growing up there wasn't bad mate i got to do a lot of fun outdoors stuff like scuba diving and water skiing and when it's not pishing it doon it's a lovely place in the summer especially with days that literally don't end, like anywhere though it has it's drawbacks it's remoteness being the main one.