This morning we took the ferry back to Scrabster and headed to the mainland. Our last view of Stromness:
After getting off the ferry we drove out to Dunnet Head:
Although the headland is famed for puffins, they had already left for this year. We did get a good look at the lighthouse there, with its foghorn behind it, and saw a bird that may be a rock pipit:
These are the “real” Scottish thistles:
We also visited Dunnet Beach:
Then we drove out to John O’Groats:
One of the things that is done in the UK is to bicycle or hike from John O’Groats to Land’s End (or vice versa):
We stopped briefly at Duncansby Head:
After that we drove to Wick and since we arrived early we went on out to the Castle of Old Wick:
Offshore from the castle were a number of sea birds, eight shags or cormorants, and a lone gull:
Also there was aa array of wind turbines and a few oil platforms:
Since it was still early and the weather good, we also went to Castle Sinclair Girnigoe:
There is a lighthouse there very similar to the one at Dunnet Head:
We stayed that night at the Clachen, a very nice B&B at the edge of Wick.