Two warning lights lit up on the car when we were about 2 miles from John O Groats. We pulled in and consulted the handbook, a warning about emissions but only an issue if flashing which it wasn't. The car is over 18 years old with no real problems....please not now. We continued on nervously and fortunately the lights disappeared a few miles on.
It was cold and windy at John O Groats so we just took a photo and used the loo before setting off again.
It was strange as we headed south - I kept having to remind myself we were still in Scotland. The countryside was much like Northumberland. We also both had a similar erroneous feeling that we had come a long way south but of course we were still so far north- very odd.
Certainly the east coast is not a patch on the west in terms of scenery. We made a quick stop at Whaligoe steps, 330 of which lead down to a natural harbour used since 1790. The steps were horrendously slippery- I nearly went over.
We knew the key to our next Airbnb would be under a brick but what we didn't know until the next morning was that the host wouldn't return all night. Very trusting.
No comments:
Post a Comment