Last edited by dunroof on 20th Oct 2012 8:28 pm. Edited 1 time in total

Hi, I am sure it was fun with the young toffs but I am glad to see the success of the Community buyouts, including I think Amhuinnsuidhe. The castle and fishing are still marketed upmarket but the estate gets the benefit. I do object when paying for my fishing to the aristocracy, especially in the Tweed valley where everything seems to belong to Earls, Dukes and Lords....all down to robber barons and cattle thieves....... JT Upgraded to an ex demo, 7 mth old, Rimini Red/Ebony Napoli Auto HSE on 28th Jan 2011, added roof rails, mudflaps and side strips.
Gone - A great 57 Plate, Auto SE, Bought Feb 2009, Roof Rails and Mudflaps added on purchase. Blue colour, anything but drug dealer black.....

A few more pics after a short trip to the north of Scotlnd.

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Where were you? JT Upgraded to an ex demo, 7 mth old, Rimini Red/Ebony Napoli Auto HSE on 28th Jan 2011, added roof rails, mudflaps and side strips.
Gone - A great 57 Plate, Auto SE, Bought Feb 2009, Roof Rails and Mudflaps added on purchase. Blue colour, anything but drug dealer black.....

Last edited by dunroof on 20th Oct 2012 8:29 pm. Edited 1 time in total

We went inverness- wick- john o'groats -thurso- durness- ullapool then back via inverness. The pics are from the cliffs at john o'groats, a jetty 10 miles out of dounreay and then at a beach just before durness. Never been that far north before, was good to see and take in the sights. We done it in two days but have decided to go back to ullapool in the summer for a few days and do more exploring. John o'groats wasnt quite what we expected as it seemed a bit run down. Done the whole trip in one tank of diesel too which was a bonus!

John OGroats was run down 20 years ago, I used to work at HMS Vulcan, next door to Dounreay, stayed there and Wick, another dismal hole.
Bleak place, no trees grow due to the harsh winds and probably sheep too. West coast is much better, shame the MOD have the best bit up at Cape Wrath.

true taz, its a pity that the towns and villages are so run down and lacking facilities when the scenery is amazing. Its good to see once but i wont be in a rush to go back north again. At least the west coast doesnt have radioactive warnings on the beaches

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Yes, the beaches are a bit scary, it was difficult working there too, I had an armed guard with me all the time, not for protection, he was there to make sure I didn't press the wrong button and say "oops"
I'm up around Fort William in a couple of weeks, don't think I will venture that far North, it would be good, never drove up there always flew fom Liverpool, Dounreay has its own landing strip, hilarious when windy.

Nice! I'm planning to take my FL2 to Portugal (and maybe southern France) next summer. I would really like to do some off roading to test it out!

Last edited by chrisr1806 on 23rd May 2013 7:50 pm. Edited 1 time in total

Nice pics up in my neck of the woods.
Stacks of Duncansby by John O'Groats is always a great photo opportunity.

Glad you enjoyed your trip, lovely area to live.

Great to see some happy visitors too....

Cheers

ATHRoss