Up and Over to Thurso

This interesting wall was on the outside of one of the craft units at Balnakiel craft village, right up in the northwest corner of Scotland. On the way here we found a lovely spot for a picnic enjoyed on Summer’s new picnic rug.

The terrain across the north coast is not as steep, though there are still stretches of single track roads. The road crosses the causeway at Tongue, which virtually obliterates two small islands in the Kyle of Tongue, before climbing quite steeply. There are some beautiful bays and beaches along the stretch to Thurso, though we didn’t have time to stop. Thurso itself doesn’t have much character, but we found an Indian Restaurant, the Spice of Bengal, to enjoy an evening meal and celebrate Summer’s A level results a week late!

We stayed in the Premier Inn for one night ready to catch the ferry to Orkney. Not the best experience of this hotel chain due to the ridiculous amount of noise from the people in the room above us! Racheal was able to have a shower in the wet room though, and the beds are always comfy.