The land of the midnight sun

Hi All.

Before we get going I just want to say a quick "Happy Birthday" to my Grandson Charlie who was 5 on Sunday.  "Happy Birthday Charlie"

So 18 miles from Dornoch to Brora on Sunday.  The first part of the walk was on single track road out of Dornoch and around Loch Fleet. 

The Beach at Brora

I started thinking of my friend Alan the Fish (guess what he does for a living) when I saw lots of his favourite mammals, seals, basking on the sands.

Seals dreaming of fish for dinner. Cheers Alan!

The walk took me past Dunrobin Castle - looks like something from Shrek. Come to think of it Shrek has a Scottish accent doesn't he?

Dunrobin Castle
Quote from the movie;  Shrek[observing a giant building]
"That must be Lord Farquaad's castle... Do you think he's maybe compensating for something?"

I also visited a Broch on the beach south of Strathsteven - now that was incredible.

Cairn Liath Broch - also known as Strathsteven Broch
(click on the pic for more info)

I'm camped at a very basic campsite at Brora and tomorrow I'm off to the Gold Rush area of Scotland.

Before I go though there is something I have been meaning to mention on the blog.  That is it has never really got dark at night in this part of the world, ok it is not really sunny but even at midnight it is still quite light.  I've taken to sleeping with my woollen hat pulled down over my eyes.