The north west corner of Scotland

Today our trip took us from Dunnet head to Wick via John o’Groat. First we stopt at this old little harbour to spot some seals. We tried to make pictures but they were to far away. Main thing is that we saw them.

Watch the seal, just left of the dark rock


A spare 4 cylinder engine?


At the slipway close to the seals

After the harbour we went along until we passed a sign of castle Mey. We decided to visit the castle’s garden and animals. We skipped the castle itself because we have seen enough classic furniture for one holiday. 

The castle’s walled garden




Just beautiful

The walled garden was beautiful and the outside of the castle was exactly as a castle should look like. I think the queen also comes here for holidays, or at least has something to do with the cattle here. They breed price angus cows here. We had some piece of one on the bbq tonight and I must say it was delicious.

After castle Mey we drove to John o’Groats, the most north western point of the UK. And believe it or not, there was this rally exposition of classic cars. Naturally we had to stop and have a look. They even had the Anglica from Harry Potter standing there.

1947 versus 1967


Ralley 1967




Straight from the Cars movie

After this nice surprise we drove to our final stop of the day, Wick. There we had the Angus steak and a little beer tasting with one of the Orkney beers, the “Skull Splitter”. The name made us worry a little, but the tast was actually very refreshing and nice. Hopefully it won’t make his name worth fully tomorrow.

Skull Splitter - Good night