The weather is poor today. Windy and heavy rain showers means it’s not a great day for sightseeing. The drive over the bog (yes endless boggy barren landscape) to Thurso was pleasant but due to such low cloud there’s not been much of a view. Contrast that with the setting sun last night.

Onwards then and past some bleak cliffs, an old church which houses a Pictish stone and a quick stop for refreshments

To Dunnet Bay. Our original planned stop was due to be a remote farm campsite. On the top of a cliff. We did turn up, it looked very barren and literally a farmers field so we scarpered and went back 2 miles to a Caravan and Camping Club site. It’s right on the edge of Dunnet Bay, a very long beach about 2 miles in length and has a number of Viking settlements found over the years.

So, a quiet night in tonight to stay warm and cosy. Then tomorrow it’s on to John O’Groats

A wonderful drive from Scourie to Tongue (yup, how cool is that and it’s at th mouth of the sea!). Maximum speeds of 30mph through the single track roads up via Durness and Europe’s largest live bombing range, you could hear the booms every few seconds Read this

Mrs Fogg even found the “worlds best chocolate drink” shop which we had to hike a mile to. Also en-route was the Smoo Cavern, a funky waterfall that has turned a cave into a very wet cavern

Oh and while emptying the “crapper” this morning, which involves opening the side of the camper, removing a 20litre full cassette and wheeling it to the chemical waste point (a bloody big hole in the ground), as I emptied it the process went into slo-mo as one wheel and axle dropped off and slipped into the slime, never to be seen again! you couldn’t make it up. Do I stick my hands in to retrieve it, err not a cat in hells chance!

Lovely drive today up and down the highlands to the windiest point so far. Ardmair Point is on a windy headland and it’s sideways rain howling at us.

We stopped at Mungasdale bay to wander along the pretty beach and to use Mr Foggs giant binoculars.

We visited the Falls of Measach today at the Corrieshalloch Gorge National Nature Reserve. At 160ft falls the water plunged a mile long down through the gorge. Very spectacular and especially so after all the rain

Now we are chilling in the warm camper watching the rain

A trip from Glencoe across to Eilean Donan via Fort William and of course the chance to scale Ben Nevis

But then to Eilean Donan Castle and the chance for Mrs Fogg to visit the set of her favouritist film of all time ever, Highlander, there can be only one. Oh yeh and the last snowball!

Here in the campsite, a chance to BBQ and meet fellow travellers who have just hired a camper van without a clue that it needs water onboard to shower and cook, or electric to power it. Oh boy. As Mrs Fogg sits with Highlander on the iPad in preparation for the castle tour tomorrow. (Hogg Heaven eh Mrs Fogg).

What’s not to like? Fresh air, beautiful scenery and wonderful company. Oh, wait, unless your hubby dislikes walking! Darn. Beautiful location in Glencoe. Even the heavy rain stopped briefly