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Good morning ... it's 5:15 am. Ed and I are up and driving to the ferry. When I originally planned the trip I booked a 9 am ferry. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the ferry schedule changed and we were booked onto a 6:30 am ferry. BTW sunrise was at 4:28 am.

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Stromness habour.

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The Old Man of Hoy. Not enough sun to get a good photo but the haze was even worse on the way to Orkney. As the clouds are disappearing, the ferry riders later today should get good photos.

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Dunnet Head lighthouse at the most northerly point in mainland Scotland.

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A view at Dunnet Head.

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John o'Groats

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The Nomadic Bolders at John o'Groats

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Sheep at Duncansby Head.

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Finally a spot with really good visibility. We could see a lighthouse on a island several miles away. It's the two white lines on the horizon.

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The Castle of Mey was built as a Z-plan castle between 1566 and 1572 by the fourth Earl of Caithness, it was bought from Captain Imbert-Terry by the Queen Mother in 1952. In 1996, when Her Majesty generously gifted it with an endowment to the Trust.

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Sheds by the harbour in Wick.

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Langoustine trap. Langoustines, a relative of lobster, are smaller than lobster, however, growing in size to a maximum of only around 10 inches.