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Getting out and about during COVID-19: Walks in East Caithness

July 3, 2020 by Susan Barrie 2 Comments

As Scotland starts to emerge from just over 100 days of lockdown, the whole nation is looking forward to seeing more than their own four walls (or the local 5 mile area, as the COVID-19 lockdown guidelines have instructed). From today, (3rd July 2020) the limited 5 mile distance to travel for recreation and leisure…

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Filed Under: NC500 Tagged With: a99, caithness, COVID-19, daytrip, Dunbeath Strath, keiss, Newton Community Woodland, Reiss, walks, wick

Whaligoe Harbour – stepping down to the fishing history of Caithness

July 19, 2018 by Susan Leave a Comment

I have written about the cafe at Whaligoe Harbour a few months ago, but it was only earlier this month that we actually got round to walking down the 300+ steps down the cliff face.

Filed Under: NC500 Tagged With: a99, cafe, harbour, whaligoe steps, wick

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