Stromabank Hotel
Travel Blogs from Hoy
To the top of mainland Scotland
Left our campsite at Inverness this morning and headed towards John O' Groats the most northern part of the mainland. Last year we made it to the most southern part of England , traveling with Carol and Graham , so this trip was a must. From Lands End to John O' Groats, it may have taken more than 12 months , but we made it, unfortunately Carol and Graham could not be with us this time. It was a very scenic ...
Busy week roaming
... York, Castle Howard, Scarborough in the rain, Durham, Hadrians wall, Edinburgh , military tattoo was awesome, into highlands and Aviemore, up mountains in the Cairngorms. Joc has managed to fit in lots of shopping. May not have wifi access for 2-3 nights I ...
Good morning day 1
Weather is looking good so far but can change quickly when we hit the big climbs of the day. We aim to have breakfast at 7. Gordon our host for the night is cooking a big fry up. And aim to be on the road for 8. Traveling west to tongue then south to binary bridge 106 miles. From jogle ...
The gathering discovers caithness
... games, we spent the rest of our day watching the games and socialising with other caln members and other clans, unfortunately the weather was wet so quite a bit of time was spent sheltering in the clan tent.
We ended this day with a Formal 4 course Dinner in Thurso, including speeches, toasts and everyone dressed in formal costume. I was asked to give one toast which involved reading the New Zealand clan presidents speech and proposing a ...
To Thurso
... islands of Orkney, they where given the hut to make into a church, when you first loook at it the walls appear to be mouldings but are actually all painted by hand with alot of definition giving a very real 3D look.
After a quick stop here we carried on to the ferry and the short ride across to John O'Groats. There has been alot of changes at JOG's with the old hotel ...