{"id":1620,"date":"2020-08-22T19:37:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T19:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2024-02-26T15:33:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:33:22","slug":"scotland-tour-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/22\/scotland-tour-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland Tour – Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We left Ullapool in the mist, heading north along the North Coast 500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We saw the ruins of Ardvreck Castle on the shore of Loch Assynt. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The views were amazing – dramatic coast,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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rolling hills,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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lochs and heather.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We waited for the sheep to pass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We followed the coastline.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We stopped at the Drumbeg viewpoint.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We crossed the Kylesku bridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Kyle of Durness reflected the lovely blue sky.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We stopped for a picnic overlooking the ferry to Cape Wrath, the most north westerly part of the Scottish mainland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Balnakeil beach,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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where a game of cricket was in progress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Beach near Tongue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The Bettyhill hotel, our hotel for the night, overlooking the beach at Torrisdale Bay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We went for a walk on Farr beach, just up the road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jellyfish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Andy on the beach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking inland from Farr beach.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View from the hotel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow we are headed for Wick, via John o’Groats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay safe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We left Ullapool in the mist, heading north along the North Coast 500. Tomorrow we are headed for Wick, via John o’Groats. Stay safe Carol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,16],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-1620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scotland","category-uk-holidays","tag-scotland"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":1653,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Carol","author_link":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"rttpg_comment":6,"rttpg_category":"Scotland<\/a> UK Holidays<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"We left Ullapool in the mist, heading north along the North Coast 500. Tomorrow we are headed for Wick, via John o’Groats. Stay safe Carol","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1620"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2638,"href":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620\/revisions\/2638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}