DSC02697.JPG=Scottish Highlands as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DT08.JPG=Scotland; views of Pentland Firth from Dunnet Head.
DSC02686.JPG=Scottish Highlands as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DSC02751.JPG=Scotland; North Sea front at Durness, north Sutherland.
DS03.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness. (panorama)
DSC02721.JPG=Scottish Highlands as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DS18.JPG=Scotland; North Sea front at Durness, north Sutherland.
DT12.JPG=Scotland; views from Dunnet Head.
DSC02722.JPG=Scottish Highlands; salmon farming on the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DSC02790.JPG=Scotland; Smoo Caves. The white spots are flash reflections on water droplets from the waterfall
DSC02694.JPG=Scottish Highlands as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
Smoo.jpg=Scotland; Smoo Caves, inner cave and the permanent waterfall.
DS23.JPG=Scotland; Durness. More of the miles and miles of ancient, thick rock wall fences around the fields. (panorama)
DT09.JPG=Scotland; views of Pentland Firth across to Hoy (Orkneys) from Dunnet Head.
DSC02572.JPG=Scotland; Dunnet Bay from our M/H window.
DH01.jpg=Scotland; at Dunnet Head it was very rainy and foggy when we first arrived.
DT20.JPG=Scotland; very wide sandy beach with the tide out at Dunnet Bay. (panorama)
DS19.JPG=Scotland; North Sea front at Durness, north Sutherland. (panorama)
DSC02602.JPG=Scotland; Castletown Drill Hall.
DSC02785.JPG=Scotland; Smoo Caves entrance.
DSC02505.JPG=Scotland; at Dunnet Head it was very rainy and foggy when we first arrived. At times we couldn't see the lighthouse at all from our parking spot.
DSC02564.JPG=Scotland; loch view at Dunnet Head.
DSC02665.JPG=Scottish Highlands woolly calf on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DSC02606.JPG=Scotland; Thurso town centre.
DT17.JPG=Scotland; wind swept sand dunes around Dunnet Bay. (panorama)
DSC02522.JPG=Scotland; a restoration on the road to Dunnet Head - this would take real commitment.
DSC02678.JPG=Scotland; phone booth near the Kyle of Tongue, north Sutherland.
DSC02674.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DS21.JPG=Scotland; North Sea front at Durness, north Sutherland. The cliffs and beach below our stopover. (panorama)
DSC02566.JPG=Scotland; the last of some flowering Heather at Dunnet Head.
DSC02589.JPG=Scotland; wind swept sand dunes around Dunnet Bay.
DSC02632.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DSC02639.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DSC02590.JPG=Scotland; wind swept sand dunes around Dunnet Bay.
DSC02779.JPG=Scotland; The entrance to Smoo Caves.
DSC02604.JPG=Scotland; Thurso town centre.
DS01.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness. (panorama)
DSC02569.JPG=Scotland; views of rugged coastline on Pentland Firth.
DSC02667.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DT16.JPG=Scotland; wind swept sand dunes around Dunnet Bay. (panorama)
DSC02655.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DT19.JPG=Scotland; very wide sandy beach with the tide out at Dunnet Bay. (panorama)
DS13.JPG=Scottish Highlands as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DSC02800.JPG=Scotland; Durness. A lovely old home - probably turned into a B&B.
DS08.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness. (panorama)
DSC02650.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DS02a.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness. (panorama)
DSC02743.JPG=Scotland; North Sea front at Durness, north Sutherland.
DSC02582.JPG=Scotland; wind swept sand dunes around Dunnet Bay.
DSC02498.JPG=Scotland; on the road to Dunnet Head it was very rainy and foggy when we first arrived.
DSC02585.JPG=Scotland; wind swept sand dunes around Dunnet Bay.
DSC02723.JPG=Scottish Highlands; ancient ruins on the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DSC02778.JPG=Scotland, Durness; the 600m long tidal gorge (Geodha Smoo) entrance to Smoo Caves.
DSC02710.JPG=Scottish Highlands as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DSC02584.JPG=Scotland; wind swept sand dunes around Dunnet Bay.
DS10.JPG=Scottish Highlands as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland. (panorama)
DS20.JPG=Scotland; North Sea front at Durness, north Sutherland. (panorama)
DSC02781.JPG=Scotland; The 15m high entrance to Smoo Caves.
DSC02683.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DSC02658.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DSC02742.JPG=Scotland; North Sea front at Durness, north Sutherland.
DSC02500.JPG=Scotland; a fence made from slate on the road to Dunnet Head.
DS22.JPG=Scotland; North Sea front at Durness, north Sutherland. Our stopover for two nights. (panorama)
DSC02492.JPG=Scotland; phone booth at Dunnet.
DSC02523.JPG=Scotland; village of Dunnet.
DSC02663.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DSC02704.JPG=Scottish Highlands as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DSC02605.JPG=Scotland; Thurso town centre.
DSC02501.JPG=Scotland; on the road to Dunnet Head it was very rainy and foggy when we first arrived.
DSC02513.JPG=Scotland; at Dunnet Head it was very rainy and foggy when we first arrived.
DSC02534.JPG=Scotland; much better views returning to Dunnet Head.
DS15.JPG=Scottish Highlands; the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland. (panorama)
DSC02703.JPG=Scottish Highlands as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DT10.JPG=Scotland; views of Pentland Firth across to Hoy (Orkneys) from Dunnet Head.
DSC02647.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DSC02775.JPG=Scotland; Some of the names (environmental grafitti) formed from rocks placed on the ground, seen from the cliff top above the Smoo Caves.
DSC02533.JPG=Scotland; at Dunnet Head lighthouse.
DSC02607.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DT06.JPG=Scotland; much better views returning to Dunnet Head.
DSC02518.JPG=Scotland; on the road to Dunnet Head it was very rainy and foggy so we made a cuppa and it still hadn't cleared so we decided to move on.
DSC02774.JPG=Scotland; Some of the names (environmental grafitti) formed from rocks placed on the ground, seen from the cliff top above the Smoo Caves.
DSC02633.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DSC02528.JPG=Scotland;  returning to Dunnet Head, we saw a long boat ramp below but it would be a difficult track towing a reasonable size boat.
DS11.JPG=Scottish Highlands as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DT07.JPG=Scotland; views of Pentland Firth from Dunnet Head.
DSC02745.JPG=Scotland; North Sea front at Durness, north Sutherland.
DSC02760.JPG=Scotland; North Sea front at Durness, north Sutherland. Our stopover for two nights.
DSC02773.JPG=Scotland; A last burst of flowering Heather on the cliff top above the Smoo Caves. 600m long tidal gorge (Geodha Smoo).
DSC02802.JPG=Scotland; Durness and the obligatory signpost.
DT11.JPG=Scotland; views of Pentland Firth across to Hoy (Orkneys) from Dunnet Head.
DSC02635.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DS24b.JPG=Scotland; Inside the main chamber of Smoo Caves. (panorama)
DSC02541.JPG=Scotland; at Dunnet Head lighthouse.
DSC02532.JPG=Scotland;  returning to Dunnet Head.
DSC02714.JPG=Scottish Highlands as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DSC02616.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DSC02601.JPG=Scotland; wildflowers at Dunnet Bay.
DSC02637.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DS25.JPG=Scotland; North Sea front at Durness, north Sutherland, with the M/H parked at the upper left. (panorama)
DSC02641.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DT01.JPG=Scotland; on the road to Dunnet Head it was very rainy and foggy when we first arrived.
DT18.JPG=Scotland; wind swept sand dunes around Dunnet Bay. (panorama)
DSC02538.JPG=Scotland; Dunnet Head lighthouse is one of many in Scotland that were built by the Stevenson family. This one built by Robert Stevenson in 1831.
DS04.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness. (panorama)
DSC02777.JPG=Scotland; ancient ruins near the entrance to Smoo Caves.
DT14.JPG=Scotland; Dunnet Bay near our M/H stopover. (panorama)
DSC02735.JPG=Scotland; the same phone booth on the western side of the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DSC02558.JPG=Scotland; views of Pentland Firth across to Hoy and the S/W entrance to Skapa Flow from Dunnet Head.
DSC02715.JPG=Scottish Highlands as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DSC02521.JPG=Scotland; on the road to Dunnet Head it was very rainy and foggy when we first arrived.
DS07.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness. (panorama)
DSC02620.JPG=Scottish Highlands sheep on the road between Dunnet Bay and Durness.
DSC02614.JPG=Scottish Highlands and a remote spot for a phone booth on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DSC02736.JPG=Scotland; on the single lane road as we approach the ocean entrance of the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DSC02656.JPG=Scottish Highlands on our drive from Dunnet Bay to Durness.
DT13.JPG=Scotland; Dunnet Bay from our M/H stopover. (panorama)
DSC02794.JPG=Scotland; Inside the same phone booth at Durness, north Sutherland. It still has the original back board from an A/B coin collector and an unusual "black box" below the pay phone.
DSC02711.JPG=Scottish Highlands as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DT05.JPG=Scotland; after driving to Thurso and shopping, the weather cleared so we decided to return to Dunnet Head, and what a difference.
DSC02712.JPG=Scottish Highlands as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DSC02699.JPG=Scottish Highlands as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DSC02763.JPG=Scotland; North Sea front at Durness, on our walk to Smoo Caves.
DSC02776.JPG=Scotland; Didn't see Joy make her initial.
DSC02734.JPG=Scotland; phone booth on the eastern side of the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DT15.JPG=Scotland; Dunnet Bay at our M/H stopover. (panorama)
DSC02617.JPG=Scottish Highlands sheep on the road between Dunnet Bay and Durness.
DSC02771.JPG=Scotland; phone booth at Durness, north Sutherland.
DS17.JPG=Scotland; on the single lane road as we approach the ocean entrance of the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland. (panorama)
DSC02769.JPG=Scotland; Durness. More of the miles and miles of ancient, thick rock wall fences around the fields.
DSC02725.JPG=Scottish Highlands; as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DSC02717.JPG=Scottish Highlands; the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DT04.JPG=Scotland; after driving to Thurso and shopping, the weather cleared so we decided to return to Dunnet Head, and what a difference.
DSC02516.JPG=Scotland; car park entrance at Dunnet Head lighthouse.
DSC02690.JPG=Scottish Highlands as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
sheep.jpg=Scotland; North Sea front at Durness, on our walk to Smoo Caves. Some of the very hardy highland sheep. They are produced for meat only; their wool is very thick and shaggy and falls off in clumps in summer, ready for new growth to protect them during next winter. They also don't dock their tails.
DSC02708.JPG=Scottish Highlands as we circle round the huge Loch of Eriboll, north Sutherland.
DSC02557.JPG=Scotland; loch view from Dunnet Head.
DT03.JPG=Scotland; on the road to Dunnet Head it was very rainy and foggy so we decided to move on.
DSC02511.JPG=Scotland; at Dunnet Head it was very rainy and foggy when we first arrived.
