Sunken World War II warships in Scapa Flow harbour offer fantastic diving opportunities, or take a ferry to either Westray or Hoy for spectacular cliffside walks and the chance to see puffins and other seabirds at thebird preserves on each island.
Last year's flu-shot shortage was scary enough, but now scientists seethe specter of a bona fide pandemic if the bird-flu strain known has H5N1 were to mutate into an infection that could spread to people.