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John o'Groats, Dunnet Head & Duncansby Head
Everyone
has heard of John O'Groats, known as the most northerly
point on the Scottish mainland (though it isn't!).
Why not go there and treat yourself to a world apart...
Last shop
and museum (looking out to the Isle of Stroma)
The beach
(hotel in background).
Visitors don't come in
great enough numbers to tempt anyone to commercialise
the site. Admission is free to the museum which
is crammed with seafaring memorabilia and memories
of local and national heroes.
This is no place for
sunseekers and it isn't the best attraction of the
region. Spend a short time at John O'Groats (just
to gaze out at Stroma is absorbing) then go on to
marvel at the many impressive sights in the surrounding
area....
Duncansby
Head
Dunnet Head
These remarkable pyramid-shaped sea
stacks are close to John O'Groats. Take the turning
opposite the shops in the centre of the village,
park near the lighthouse and walk a few hundred
yards to the south.
Dunnet Head is truly the most northerly
point on the British mainland. A few miles from
John O'Groats, just north of the village of Dunnet,
the grand cliffs and commanding views make an impressive
sight.
BELOW:a stretch
of the A836 - the MAIN road from Thurso to Ullapool!
The Orkneys, and surrounding islands,
are much nearer than you expect, and the sea views
are absorbing. Marine birds abound and the world's
shipping passes by in the Pentland Firth (the sea
passage between the islands). Neither the roads
nor the beaches are crowded. Nobody is going to
hurry you. Take time and enjoy the views.
