Highland Madness - Day 3

Good Evening or Good Morning - depending on where you be lol.  We had a real good day, a long one but a good one.  I set my alarm for 6:00 am but I must have switched it off and fallen back asleep as the next time I looked at the clock it was 6:38 am.  I got up, took a shower and headed down for breakfast.  I had

Scenery from bus

Weetabix and then a full breakfast - eggs, bacon, sausage, tomatoes and fried bread.  Yum.  After breakfast we got on the road for our long trip to John O'Groats.  John O'Groats is about a 3 hour drive from the hotel we are staying at in Garve.  We went half way and stopped in a town called Golspie for a pee break lol.  My mom and I ran to the co-op for some bottled water and crisps (chips for the americans).  Back on the bus and we drove about an hour and a half through some of the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen.  The rugged coastline of Scotland is amazing.  Fields filled with sheep and dotted with farms and cottages roll down to the coastline.  We got to John O'Groats around 1pm.  First we stopped at the Seaview Inn for lunch.  The driver had arranged for us (as a group) to have lunch there.  It was Scotch Broth followed by sandwiches and coffee.  You could have as many bowls of soup as you wanted.  After lunch, we drove down to the actual little village of John O'Groats.  A local man from the area got on the bus and gave us a short narrative on the history of John O'Groats, and pointed out and named all the islands off the coast of Scotland.  There really is nothing to the town of John O'Groats except a couple of tourist shops and some amazing scenery.  It was a beautiful clear day and you could see all the way across to the Orkney Islands which are 20 miles away.  I took some photos which will follow shortly.

John O'Groats Sign

After John O'Groats, we headed home with a stop in the town of Dornoch (another 10 minute pee break lol).  We got back to the hotel around 6 pm in time for dinner at 7pm.  So for dinner tonight I had Carrot & Coriander Soup, Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pudding and Jam Roly Poly with Custard for dessert.  I don't know how they cooked their roast beef, but it was the most tender beef I have ever had.  It literally melted in your mouth.
Tomorrow is our last tour day.  We will be visiting the fishing village of Cromarty.  I read online it has a lot of Victorian style buildings so I am looking forward to that.  Our driver also told us today that tomorrow we will also be going to another town called Dingwall.  Looking forward to seeing both towns.  Then Friday its back home to Dunbar.  Going to try and get up a little earlier tomorrow so I can walk before breakfast as I didn't do much walking at all today.
Have a good night everyone :-)