Then spend your last few days in the Orkney Islands, clustered not far off the mainland and reachable either via a half-day ferry or quick flight to Kirkwall.

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Whereas the orbiter could carry seven people at a time into orbit, the Russian Soyuz capsules being used at the moment will only ferry three individuals per flight.

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It is then alleged Mr Gamla travelled to Stranraer, boarded a ferry to Belfast and then travelled to Dublin, where he caught a flight to Poland.

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