Day 79 Invergordon to Dornoch

This morning after a very nice breakfast at the Ship Inn we set off walking out of Invergordon. It was very busy at first, there was a lot of traffic on the road and a very small verge to walk on. Then we had to cross the A9, which was also very busy. But once we got across we were then on to very quiet country lanes all the way to Tain, where we were able to get back on the John O’Groats trail (which actually follows the quiet county lanes in this area). We had a nice stroll around Tain, which is a nice village and we sat in a park there to eat lunch. Then we walked out of Tain on a rather busy road because we wanted to visit the Glenmorangie distillery. This was well worth the walk on the busy road. They have a very nice whiskey tasting bar where we’re tried a 12 year old, an 18 year old and a rather unusual ‘taste of Tokyo’ whiskey. Refreshed by the whiskey we then got back on to the John O’Groats trail onto the quiet lanes, until we came to the Dornoch Firth bridge. Again this was busy with traffic and the pedestrian verge was very thin and it was really windy, quite scary. But we made it across and then followed the trail again by the sea all the way to our camp in Dornoch, which was a very nice walk. We have now had a walk around the very pretty town of Dornoch and are enjoying a beer overlooking the castle.Read more