Durness Hostel

Smoo Durness, Caithness and Sutherland, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, IV27 4QA, United Kingdom

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Haggis in the Highlands

A travel blog entry by travnat

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... searching for an ancient stone circle. We glimpsed it from afar but could not get close. It was just too wet. Eventually we found ourselves in Durness, as far north as one could possibly go. We drove through such desolate but beautiful terrain it's difficult to describe without experiencing it for yourself. Here we explored Smoo Cave and went for a short walk along the rugged North ...

Lamb Lost and Found

A travel blog entry by 35mph

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We came across this lamb bleating pitifully and desperately trying to attach himself to a ewe which already had her offspring in tow and obviously didn't want anymore. She kept butting the lost lamb away which was all very distressing.

I was just wondering whether a lamb could ever ...

In which we show weakness

A travel blog entry by 35mph

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From Strathy we head west towards Durness where we'll turn south back toward Inverness.

At Tongue we fill us with diesel at the same (actually the only) filling station that Nicholas Crane used in the BBC programme on HVM. We also cheat.

The thing ...

Super Strathy

A travel blog entry by 35mph

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... legal place to park at the top of the dunes with a view down over the bay but the locals have taken it upon themselves to build a log cabin with a loo and hot water for the convenience of anyone using the beach. Luxury.

May the sun never set on this wonderful place. Actually it does but for very long at this time of year and it doesn't get dark even then.

We all like Strathy, particularly Issy who is in love with the rabbit infested sand ...

Het noorden van Schotland

A travel blog entry by peterluxem

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... voor het mooie licht, het duurt veel te lang voor de zon om over de bergkam te geraken en is daarbij als zijn warmte verloren, misschien vanavond beter dacht ik.Dan terug naar het hotel voor het ontbijt en na dit ontbijt vertrokken naar het verre Noorden, ik had gepland om de wandeling van Faraid Head te doen, dit is combinatie van strand, klippen en mooie omgeving, de strakke wind nam ik er maar bij. Het fijne van deze wandeling is dat ...

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