Mrs A Nicholls of Pontefract, West Yorkshire was announced today as the winner of NorthLink’s Orkney & Shetland Mini-Cruise competition, which received 1773 entries from residents of over 25 countries.

The prize includes travel by NorthLink Cruise Ferry from Scrabster to Stromness, a guided tour of Orkney, dinner, an overnight sailing from Kirkwall to Lerwick in an en-suite cabin, breakfast on-board, a Shetland seabirds and seals boat trip, and return sailing from Lerwick to Aberdeen in an en-suite cabin with dinner and breakfast on-board.