21/05: Orkney to Inverness
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
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.
Stromness habour.
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.
Dunnet Head lighthouse at the most northerly point in mainland Scotland.
A view at Dunnet Head.
John o'Groats
The Nomadic Bolders at John o'Groats
Sheep at Duncansby Head.
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.
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.
Sheds by the harbour in Wick.
Langoustine trap. Langoustines, a relative of lobster, are smaller than lobster, however, growing in size to a maximum of only around 10 inches.