Sunday 6th October, 2024 – Thurso, Tongue, Smoo, Durness, Balnakeil, Kylesku, Lochinver Distance driven: 126.0 milesTime at the wheel: 3 hours 22 minutesHeiland coos spotted: 1 (Finally!!!) We left Thurso and the charming Thurso Beach House Apartment with its views across the water to Orkney, to head for our next destination, Lochinver. We would be…
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Travel 2024 – North Coast 500 – Day 7 (Dornoch to Thurso)
Friday 4th October, 2024 – Dornoch, Golspie, Helmsdale, Thurso Distance driven: 64.0 milesTime at the wheel: 1 hour 19 minutesHeiland coos spotted: Still defiantly 0 We were on the move again so said goodbye to Strathview Lodge, though not before sampling their full Scottish breakfast. I would certainly recommend them as a place to stay…
Travel 2024 – North Coast 500 – Day 6 (Around Dornoch)
Thursday 3rd October, 2024 – Inverness, Cromarty, Udale Bay, Portmahomack Distance driven: 126.0 milesTime at the wheel: 2 hours 53 minutesHeiland coos spotted: 0 (I hope they’re not turning into the equivalent of the moose on our Finland trip in 2016) We made an early start because we needed to be in Cromarty by 9:45…
Travel 2024 – North Coast 500 – Day 5 (Inverness to Dornoch)Â
Wednesday 2nd October, 2024 – Inverness, Fortrose, Chanonry Point, Rosemarkie, Cromarty, Dornoch Distance driven: 78.0 milesTime at the wheel: 1 hour 50 minutesHeiland coos spotted: 0 We were back on a highish mileage day, made more so because the Cromarty-Nigg ferry does not run after September 30th so we’d missed it by a day, a…
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