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The Orkney Crossing
Travel & Outdoors · EN · 2 parts · Ongoing · updated 2026-11-07
A cancelled ferry strands a photographer and a local bus driver on a windswept Orkney island. A cosy two-part travel romance of peat fires, storms and small hours.
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“The Orkney Crossing” is a Travel & Outdoors story for adults, told in 2 parts and about 3 minutes of reading in total. Every character is 18 or older and every encounter is consensual. Start with Part 1 and use the Next part button at the end of each part, or pick a part from the list below.
- Part 1: Cancelled. Priscilla's ferry off Orkney is cancelled by wind. The only room left is above a pub where Callum, the bus driver, keeps the fire going and tells her to get comfortable.
- Part 2: Peat Fire. The storm keeps Priscilla on the island a third night. By the pub fire, with the wind howling, she and Callum let the weather decide what happens next.
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