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Scotland.
The following morning, we caught a 6:30am ferry back to Thurso (Scrabster actually) on the mainland. Did some more grocery shopping and then leisurely drove some 4 hours (2.5 hours if you’re just driving) to our next “basecamp”, located just outside the village of Kinlochbervie on the north coast of Scotland. The weather was once again drizzly and cold with more of the same promised for the following day.
And so the next day, we drove about 2.5 hours across the Southern Highlands to the village of Clynelish and its distillery. This one sells most of its product to Johnny Walker and is a modern and a pretty soulless operation (and does no on-site casking). The forecast for the following day looked a bit better and so we made plans to try to climb The Old Man Of Stoer.
Photos
Catching the ferry back to the (real) mainland early the following morning (May 2024).
Back on the spacious ferry (May 2024).
First views of the Old Man on the return sailing (May 2024).
The Old Man Of Hoy from the ferry (May 2024).
Leaving the Isle Of Hoy behind (May 2024).
The Old Man Of Hoy (May 2024).
Looking to score some coffee in Thurso back on the mainland (May 2024).
Starting the drive towards Kinlochbervie some 2.5 hours away (May 2024).
A basic gas station somewhere along the drive from Thurso to Kinlochbervie (May 2024).
Highway sights (May 2024).
The iconic phone booths (May 2024).
Roadside randomness (May 2024).
Honesty shop peddling cupcakes; though there was a “CCTV Monitored” warning (May 2024).
Turned out to be pretty good, especially since they were free. Kidding (May 2024).
Narrow (May 2024).
North coast of Scotland (May 2024).
A wider angle view (May 2024).
Sheep everywhere (May 2024).
Single lane roads with a 60 mph speed limit (May 2024).
A different angle of the pasture (May 2024).
Hello (May 2024).
Another one (May 2024).
Durness Beach (May 2024).
Hiking down to the Smoo Cave (May 2024).
Smoo Cave (May 2024).
Shirley and Smoo Cave (May 2024).
More of the Smoo Cave (May 2024).
Directly above the Smoo Cave (May 2024).
More beaches along the drive (May 2024).
Nearing Kinlochbervie (May 2024).
A small but cozy Airbnb (attached to the main house; May 2024).
I think this is the village of Glospie on the east coast. This is the following day, on our (2.5h) drive to the Clynelish Distillery (May 2024).
Clynelish Distillery (May 2024).
Johnny Walker. Apparently 95% of the Clynelish product goes into the Jonny blend (May 2024).
Copper stills at Clynelish (May 2024).
The tasting room (May 2024).
Checking out the Dunrobin Castle (May 2024).
The gardens at Dunrobin (May 2024).
What a waste of mental bandwidth that must have been (May 2024).
Dunrobin Castle (May 2024).
Dunrobin Castle (May 2024).
Checking out the gardens (May 2024).
Dunrobin Castle gardens (May 2024).
Dunrobin Castle (May 2024).
Dunrobin Castle (May 2024).
Ardvreck Castle ruins on the drive back to Kinlochbervie (May 2024).
Ardvreck Castle (May 2024).
The to-go samples from the distillery (May 2024).
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