We drove up north yesterday. It took about 3 hours and as is common here the landscape changed many times during the trip.
Our goal was the northernmost mainland town of John O’Groats, which is a famous tourist attraction. I say ‘town’ but there’s not much to it except for a few tourist shops and some windswept caravan parks.
But we had fun! The above sign is famous so we had to have our photo taken, plus we had some great fish and chips…
And visited the best postcard store I’ve ever seen and then mailed some cards from Scotland’s northernmost post office:
And here’s a shot of what things look like at the end of the world road:
The island over the water on the right is Orkney. We’re heading there today on a car ferry to get even farther north and even further back into Scottish history…
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