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Hen Party at the Top of the World

At first glance, the cold, treeless, and wind- and rain-battered Orkney Islands north of Scotland may seem more like a place where adventure seekers go than a wedding destination. Upon closer look, though, humans—including my fiancé’s ancestors—have called Orkney home for millennia.

Our first visit to this island archipelago was a quick two-day trip in 2013. Two years later, when my fiancé proposed, Orkney was the first place

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