Back to the Tourist Office in Thurso, decide to cross to Orkney from Gills Bay, a lot cheaper and shorter crossing than from Scrabster. I’d been to Thurso in the late '90’s but it wasn’t how I remembered it; I couldn’t work out the place I had in my mine. It is not a very photogenic town.
Thurso harbour
Ignore the ugly ground floor; the design of the first floor and the roof is great.
I then went to the RSPB visitor centre at Forsinard passing Dounereay on the way – reminded me of Sellafield, same generations of Atomic Power Station and, also very important to the local economy
It was a long way to Forsinard, on an A road with passing places, I will experience a lot more of these as the summer progresses. The visitor centre is in the station building, great use of the building
The bog walk
Bog bean and a bee
River, road and, in distance rail
I did the short bog walk and then a longer walk through woods. Saw very little until the last 1/4 of mile when suddenly there were red deer and loads of birds.
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