However, whilst rolling up the tent, it poured down, for another hour, one had no choice but to actually get packed as all campers had to be off site by 11am. All the other sites I've been on have been 12pm for leaving by, so I found this a little odd, but that's their rules, if it had been 12pm, then I would have waited as the weather turned again, stopped drizzling and the sun came out.
This run of coastline is a little fun, for what may have seemed forever, the road from Durness to Jon O'Groats is single track with passing places, and without checking I'm pretty sure this is an A road. Shocked you should have seen the way I was riding, that video is to come, at one point I had Postman Pat up my arse, so I decided to pull over and let him get on with it, and on a plus side, I had myself an early warning blocker of on coming traffic. Oh boy did this posted know the roads, I was trying, obviously not more than what I was comfortable with, but christ did he fly. I eventually caught up with him, whilst he was deliver a parcel, and he waved as I flew past. You might see on google maps that its like 140 mile but navigation will say 3 hours or so, and I can see why, not many people can drive or even ride like that, and not everyone pulls over to allow for overtaking, as is what's sign posted, let the faster nutters pass, but no in those words.
I eventually reached Jon O Groats and got set up on the camp site, and I then proceeded to walk over to the 8 Doors Distillery. The have a cafe and a whisky menu, (see the pix), I had 2 helpings of the Penicillin along with some coffee walnut cake, yummy.
This followed a walk along the harbour, if you can call it that, and fish and chips, which I ate back at the tent, and so did some finches, who seemed to like chips. From where I was located right on the sea, I could see the Orkney Islands.
In all honesty I wish I had 2 nights here and 1 night at Sango Sands Oasis (Durness), as I could have had a ferry trip onto the islands. But that's life.
