We decided to brave the rain and headed to the east coast town of Wick which looked interesting on a previous drive though We found the interestingly named Wickers World cafe by the harbour which server us up pea and ham soup and scampi then wandered through the town past the oddly named restaurant called …
Heading North we stopped at Helmsdale, a small port/harbour. We had coffee at the Timespan museum and Ying had a very local cuisine – fried plantain!!! On to John O’Groats, which I thought was a place but seemed to just be a destination but “had to be done” We stopped at Dunnet Bay, where it …
Today started grey and deteriorated into “Cornish mist”. We couldn’t see Ben Bhraggie let alone climb it! A walk along the coast from Golspie’s “Award winning” beach left us wondering what the award was, but then joined the John O’Groats Walk to Dubrovnik (Dunrobin – spellchecker!!!) Castle was very pleasant amid the Sea Buckthorn bushes …
The journey north saw the beginning of NC500 signs (in two directions!) and our first stop for lunch at Dornoch and “Milk and Honey” for very nice sandwiches and soups (courgette and potato, Thai carrot). Dornoch holds links to Anne’s family in the Cathedral and was a very interesting place to explore with side streets …