Wednesday 3rd October – distance travelled 80 miles
Another poor nights sleep and feeling worse not better 🙁 Took some paracetamol with breakfast and a shower helped a bit. The weather still looked iffy but with Gavin offering to drive, and in need of cold/flu supplies we headed west, after a couple of false starts, one because I forgot the camera!
Deciding to miss the furthest two beaches, being a much longer drive and less fun in the rain we set the TomTom to Durness.
The route took us across the Kyle of Tongue and around Loch Eribol which took a long time but was beautiful despite the weather. The roads are all narrow, often single track, twisty and hilly. We had to stop just before Laid for a herd of cows in the road being chased by two farmers, very amusing 🙂
It was lunch time when we got to Durness, so we went to Smoo Cave Cafe for some hot food, Gavin had steak pie and me the lasagne both with chips, Gavin also managed to squeeze in a chocolate pudding.
With the bad weather, me feeling like death warmed up and developing a cough, we gave Smoo caves a miss and went in search of the Spar shop. We found it ok and stocked up on tissues, cough medicine, bread and drinks before starting the drive back.
We came across Sango Sands just outside Durness, which was spectacular. I put all my layers on and walked down to get photo’s of some of the biggest waves i’ve seen hitting the rocks.
Going back around Loch Eribol had several more photo stops and quite a giggle at the various signs as we went through Tongue. Checked out the BettyHill store where Gavin purchased some rum balls..
Tea was sandwiches with our fresh bread followed by a very early night.