We had a fairly low-key day today. Started off with a walk up to the Pulteney distillery for a souvenir (drinkable for me, wearable for Ady). We then spent 3 hours going around the amazing Wick heritage centre. If it happened in Wick there is probably some article associated with it somewhere in the museum.…

This morning we walked from the hotel past the harbour and down the coast to the south. Wick was once the largest herring fishing port in Europe. There were a couple of years when over a hundred million herring were landed. Wick was one of the first planned industrial towns in Europe. The old part…

We set off from home just after 9a.m. for our train travels around Scotland. The train into Manchester was a couple of minutes late, but that still gave us plenty of time for a cup of tea from Pret. The Transpenine Express out of Manchester was only 4 cars rather than the usual 8 and…