Kirkwall to Ferry A Snapshot Journey from Kirkwall, Mainland, Orkney to the John O'Groats Ferry crossing at Bur Wick, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, by bus, July Photos and captions by Kimberley D.C. Schroder

Looking across a newly-paved sidewalk to the VisitOrkney center, where the bus terminal is located.

The last view of St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall through the bus window.

A woman walks along a trafficked morning street in Kirkwall.

A man drives his mobility scooter along this Kirkwall street as one woman watches and another jogs down the sidewalk.

Leaving Mainland, Orkney from St. Mary's and heading for the small island of Lamb Holm, with a wind turbine in the distance.

A large shipwreck and two smaller boats in Weddell Sound, along with the bridge from Glimps Holm to Northtown, Burray.

A shipwreck in Weddell Sound and a wind turbine on Burray.

Burray Village right before the bridge to South Ronaldsay.

Burray Village and harbor looking over Water Sound.

A large wind turbine behind a hill on Burray, and a smaller one attached to a house in Burray Village, across Water Sound.

A bus stop near a school on the edge of St. Margaret's Hope, South Ronaldsay.

An abandoned house on South Ronaldsay, near Cleat.

Coming into the harbor on Bur Wick, South Ronaldsay, near The Wing, where the John O'Groats Ferry stops.