Scottish Adventure Day 11

Today we went from the North West corner of Scotland to the North East. The sea haar has been in for most of the day, so apart from glimpses of loveliness, such as at Tongue, we’ve not really seen much.

Thurso we spent as little time in as a supermarket dash would allow. It’s very “functional”.

Once we’d checked in to our campsite in the fogat John O’Groats we headed down towards Wick to check out the beach at Sinclair’s Bay where the tide was in, and the stunning ruins at SinclairGurnigoe Castle. These clan chiefs were an argumentative lot, but they knew how to build a castle. This one is on a stratified rocky promontory and in the 17th Century was one of the most important buildings in this part of Scotland. Now with weather eroding the building and the sea eroding the promontory it’s near the top of the list of most endangered historic buildings in the UK.