29th July – John O’ Groats
Now it is time for the long journey up to John o’ Groats from Lochcarron, which took about 5 hours, with a good few stops along the way including the Dornoch Firth Bridge.
Finally, John o’ Groats was on the horizon and it only took me just over a year to visit both here and Land’s End.
Lands End was on the 17th June 2024 and John O’ Groats was on 28th July 2025
The water was sooooooooooooo clear here you could see a few meters down and the Shetland and Orkney Isles were visible in the distance.
It was a good laugh to see how long it would take me to go from here to home as well.
Afterwards I stopped by Wick on my way back down to see my cousin who lives there and had a good chat with them. Then on the way back, I needed a bit of a rest and decided to pull over and have a kip in a layby, but when I woke up, this was the view.
After a long day about 12-13 hours, it was time to hit the hay and not do much the next day.
One final thing is that they say the some of the roads in Scotland is like someone laid a bunch of spaghetti on a map and said, right that is where the road is going. I particularly remember 2 parts of the A9 being quite fun, one of them being the hairpin viewpoint near Helmsdale, which went from a blind 90-degree turn to a sharp 180-degree hairpin and then back to another 90-degree bend, it made me a little bit on edge. The other one which was worse was the bit at Berriedale, which has quite a steep decent going down into Berriedale and even has lorry escape lanes if they ever need them. It then going into 2 hairpin bends going back up the hill up to the top of the cliffs which the A9 mostly sits on. Driving in Scotland is quite fun to be honest, but you do need to keep your wits about you.
Now it is time for some rest and then eventually make my way back home, until next time!!!!!!
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