Belinda Carlisle asks for recommendations for summer trip to Orkney

American singer Belinda Carlisle has revealed she will be taking a summer trip to Orkney next year as she sought advice from her 73,000 followers on social media.

1980s pop sensation Belinda Carlisle. Picture: Getty

The 1980s pop sensation is getting in some early preparation and took to Twitter for help in planning her holiday.

She tweeted: “Random question.... has anyone been to The Orkney Islands? Planning a trip next summer and need some tips ;)).”

She has already been offered a gig by a local band The Chair. She has also been being warned to bring extra jumpers, has been told to go puffin-spotting, and given tips on the best beaches to make ‘Circles in the Sand’ - one of her hit songs.

The former lead singer of the Go-Go’s is perhaps best known in the UK for her 1987 No.1 single ‘Heaven Is a Place on Earth’.

Many Twitter users were keen to point out that heaven is, in fact, a place on earth - and it’s called Orkney.

Others gave her advice on which cream to use to stave off midges.

One user implored Carlisle not to limit her trip to Orkney, tweeting: “I recommend going up North a bit to the Shetland Islands too.”