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SMOO CAVE
RIGHT - CLASHNESSIE FALLS
WHALIGOE STEPS WALK
waterfalls. Then on to the Mermaid of the North, an 11ft high sculpture and a ‘cousin’ of the lady outside Copenhagen. The following day to the delightfully named Whaligoe Steps, an almost sheer drop from headland to beach that is not for the faint-hearted. In a way this is the foot soldier’s equivalent of the Pass of the Cattle at
Applecross, where the road simply disappears from sight as you round what seem to be interminable bends in the road.
On day three a welcome stop at the Dunnet Bay Distillery and then on
to Smoo Cave on day four and the Drumbeg viewpoint on day five. Time to rest and gaze out over the water and lose yourself in your thoughts.
The penultimate day they visited the Victoria Falls (not to be confused with the falls of the same name on the Zambezi River in central Africa).
Although undeniably smaller the falls are equally beautiful. Home beckons on day seven and what better way to round off a memorable trip than by heading for Wester Hardmuir Fruit Farm, either to pick your own fruit or to browse in their well-stocked shop and stock up on the freshest of produce.
Seven days of pure escapism, filled with visits to places that some of us probably have not heard of. What more could anyone possibly ask for?
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MERMAID OF THE NORTH