February 11, 2012

Thurso and the North-West Coast of Scotland – Scotland 2010

Sutherland, Scottish highlands

Our journey around mainland Scotland continued where it left off - at Gill's Bay, a few miles west of John O'Groats. We had travelled up the east coast on our way north, so now started to drive across the northern coast of Scotland, ready to travel down the famed west coast and visit the Isle of … [Read more...]

Lybster, Whaligoe Steps and Wick – Scotland 2010

Lybster main street, Caithness

On our route up the A9/A99, we called in at the fishing village of Lybster, but probably wouldn't recommend this. It's another village that seems to have suffered from the decline of the fishing industry and does not really have much to offer visitors, although the public toilets were clean and open … [Read more...]