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Day 82 Dunbeath to Greenhill Broch

 


Storm Floris was quite wild last night and there were a number of tree branches on roads this morning. The Scottish Highways Authority seem to be very quick to clear them away. 


I dropped Garry at Dunbeath Harbour whilst me and Alfie visited the beach again. It felt windier than yesterday, but there were less white horses to be seen. Alfie wasn't too keen so we headed onto our next stop along the A9 to meet Garry, followed by a visit Latheronwheel harbour.


Garry soon reached the A9 and walked along it, passing little villages along the way. He had to be careful of which side of the road to be on due to bends in the road and a variety of grass verges. He stopped after about quarter of an hour at a roadside tea room for a cake to help him along his way. Unfortunately, he had to wait 10 minutes for the cafe owner to get his mixer out , make icing and ice the cake. Finally, it was ready and was apparently quite delicious so well worth the wait.     
   

It was a lovely drive down to Latheronwheel harbour, plenty of history, and a great view of Caithness sea stack. Again, it was very windy and a sudden downpour sent me and Alfie back to the car. 



We met briefly at Latheronwheel where Garry regaled his story of the long awaited cake and he headed on towards Lybster. In Latheron, the A9 branched off, so Garry continued on the slightly quieter A99. 

Just north of Latheron, I stopped for a visit to the Latheron Commonwealth graves and saw Garry walking passed on the A99. Not knowing I was there, he also took a photo of the graves (and our car!)




I drove onto Lybster harbour, sadly the cafe wasn't open today, so went back up to Lybster village, which is one very long street that heads from the A99 down to the North Sea. At the end was the John o'Groats trail with a good view of the cliffs ahead, but it was far too windy to attempt to walk on them today. 

   


        


I met Garry at Lybster, where, after a sandwich he decided to walk on a few more miles, passing through Occumster. On this next section he saw some Highland cows and the closest view off the Offshore wind farm that we have seen so far.

  






Just over 11 miles walked for Garry today and only 4 more days walking until John o'Groats!




Tomorrow's plan is to walk from Greenhill Broch towards Wick, again along the A99.




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