Friday 24th July 2020 to Thursday 30th July 2020
We travelled north to Drumnadrochit, a small village by Castle Urquhart on the banks of Lock Ness.
Loch Ness
It was a lovely sunny afternoon when we arrived so we went to visit Castle Urquhart. Luckily it was closed so I climbed over the fence to have a gander. If it’d been open it would have cost me £12!
Honestly, how can anyone justify charging £12 to look around a ruined old castle.
Mind you when I enquired in the village about a boat trip on the loch I was told I could hire a boat for £125 an hour!!!!!
The good weather didn’t last long and it hammered down all night and it was wet the next morning. We chanced a trip into the village for lunch but predictably wet got a little wet.
Alfresco eating in Scotland
Cfor likes the site at Drumnadrochit, plenty of long grass for him to chew
Sunday we travelled to Dornoch on the east coast. As we travelled along the banks of Loch Ness Julie thought she saw the monster! About 10 miles further on she though she saw the monster again! How many people can say they have seen the monster twice in a day?
It was dreadful weather on the road…
but it brightened up after lunch and we had a walk around the town.
Dornoch is a pretty little town
Great 4g too
I had a yomp through the dunes to the beach
the beach at Dornoch
Monday we travelled to Thurso. I sneezed all the way 🙁
Cfor is loving being back on the road
Monday night the wind really got up and we woke up Tuesday to the van rocking in 50mph winds. It was bloody freezing, you’d never guess it was very nearly August.
Thurso Bay, bracing in July
The wind kept up all day but had abated by Wednesday morning and we headed out to John o’Groats; we’d read mixed reviews of the place…
but it’s a fucking sign post, what do you expect?
I’ll tell you what I wasn’t expecting…
The worst tray of chips in Scotland!
Chips thrown away we headed out to the most northerly point on the UK’s mainland, Dunnet Head.
That crumbly looking bit of rock jutting out is the most northerly point of the UK mainland
Cfor rightly wasn’t too impressed.
Thursday we started the journey south. First stop was a lovely site at Brora
The beach at Brora
Earlier this week Boris Johnson was on the news saying he wants people to lose a bit of weight. I might actually have to join him because the other day Julie said I had a body like the other Boris…
No more breakfasts for me 🙁 !