MacKay's Rooms and Restaurant

Durness, Caithness and Sutherland, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, IV27 4PN , United Kingdom | Hotel

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Wind night

A travel blog entry by jordan_sarah

28

... into the cars. On our way we ran into some peak hour traffic, but it wasn’t cars it was highland cattle. There was a heap of them and heaps of babies too just casually walking down the road we were on.. We got out took about a million photos. As we were driving we went past a little pier and decided to stop off and check it out. We then decided that we wouldn’t be men unless we jumped off the pier into the water. This was a terrible choice, the water here made loch ...

Windig

A travel blog entry by mir2

11

Im wunderschönen Wohnzimmer bei Liz und Michael genossen wir ein vorzügliches Frühstück. Die beiden gesellten sich zu uns und wir sprachen über Gott und die Welt. Sie attestierten uns sogar ein „your English is very good"; was für eine Adelung und dies erst noch von gebürtigen Engländern! Zudem beruhigte uns die Aussage der beiden, dass sie hier oben auch nicht alle Einheimischen verstehen und ihnen teilweise sogar ...

Exceeded Rogers expectations !!!!

A travel blog entry by pmaustin

9

... and thought this is easy average speed 13.5mph. Disappointed at J.OG. as there was no signs out and no one in the little booth to put them out for you so we took a few photos and had a coffee. We talked to 3 cyclist that had just finished and then we headed off to Thurso, Cycle route 1, this is well signposted and uses the old road which runs parallel with the new main road. We had the wind behind us most of the way and fantastic views ...

Scourie state of mind

A travel blog entry by inge.thornton

5

... wind and rain, I got a strange sense of satisfaction about doing tasks that had some sort of real purpose to them and were a world away from Birmingham City Council management and paperwork. I kept a list of all the tasks that I did, so here goes...
Planted parsnips, carrots, radishes, turnips, lettuce, cabbage, dill, coriander, parsley, basil, salad, peas, beetroot, potatoes, courgettes, spring onions, leeks
Potting on ...

Haggis in the Highlands

A travel blog entry by travnat

14
7

... We stopped at one lonely crumbling tower called Ardvreck Castle. It is said ghosts haunt the 16th century ruin. One is the daughter of a clan Macleod Chiefton, who supposedly threw herself from the tower after making a pact with the Devil. The other ghost is a man in grey who is occasionally seen by the lakeside. Travis has at last count eaten three meals of haggis. Nat has managed a ...

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This hotel, located in Durness, is near Smoo Cave, John Lennon Memorial Garden, and Durness Golf Club.
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