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The season being nearly over, there are gaps between bookings. Seeing we had a few days free, son William and I decided to take our motorcycles for a spin in mainland Scotland and decided on a quick little run to Cromarty in the Black Isle.  This little town was so nice, I thought I'd write about it as a possible interesting stop for people en route to us by car from down Sooth! I would highly recommend it as a small detour off the A9 main road. This is the detour:  An added plus is that one gets to use one of the sweetest little car ferries (we were told it’s the smallest car ferry in the UK), which runs to and fro 40 times a day between Cromarty and Nigg. Details here. But here is the ferry itself!    However, we stayed right next door in a flat with a lovely view over the Firth and highly recommend it (Seascape Holiday Apartment). Owned and managed by a lovely lady called Helen, it was cosy and so spic and span that I was almost afraid to touch anything😊. This was the view from the sitting room window (iPhone pic). That's our bikes parked on the waterfront.  On the return journey we detoured just a few miles to Dunnet Head, northernmost spot of Great Britain, as we had time before the ferry home. Great spot – and it was good to see Orkney on the horizon.  While this must be Great Britain's most northerly dwelling:   We did not get rained on once during our 2-day trip, It only started to rain when we were safely on our lovely Pentalina, heading home. And even this gave us a lovely view of Dunnet Head as we headed off. 
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Karen
13/9/2018 06:05:26 am
So that's what Dunnet Head looks like without the shroud of fog! Thank you for sharing photos of your jaunt.
David Dawson
8/12/2018 08:03:23 pm
Interesting blog. Only one tiny inaccuracy - Great Britain’s most northerly dwellings is not Dunnet Head lighthouse cottage....that award can only be given to Skaw on the island of Unst (previously it would have been the lighthouse at Muckle Flugga). Granted, Dunnet Head is the UK’s most northerly mainland point. 9/12/2018 05:04:40 pm
Thank you for writing a comment. It's a pleasure to see that people actually look at this blog. I was about to respond with an admission of guilt about using the wrong term for the big island (saying Great Britain when I should have said Britain) and decided to first take a look at Wikipedia (a good but not infallible guide) in order to refresh my memory on the proper names for the various part of this Kingdom. 9/12/2018 05:21:19 pm
I've just had another thought. Could this lack of clarity perhaps be arising out of the question as to exactly how Orkney and Shetland, as the dowry pledge of Margaret of Denmark, have come to be part of the United Kingdom. See a Guardian article here https://goo.gl/cWubJh. Another article (Australian) I found while googling says "20 February 1472, both Orkney and Shetland became official protectorates of the Scottish crown". If that is really the case, a protectorate is not actually part of the Kingdom. See here: https://goo.gl/wp9AdP Leave a Reply. |
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