A walk with Diana and Sam before breakfast along the River Forss to the sea. Then in the car for the trip to Wick and beyond where the first port of call was the Caithness Glass Factory to buy two vases.
Also to the ruined Sinclair Castle at Noss which was impressively situated. Some conversation about fishing permits for my White Loch trout as I catch a few more
Having tried fishing and stalking this week, I was happy for the sporting activities to take a back seat and join Diana for some touring today. A lay in this morning was also welcome after the 4.00am starts of the first few days!
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A walk with Diana and Sam before breakfast along the River Forss to the sea which made a very nice experience. So much open landscape and seascape and the repeat fascination of the derelict house right on the shore of the bay. The amount of water flow is down to a mere trickle so that no salmon could make their way upstream without heavy rain.
Back for another fine breakfast which I moderated today out of some sense of decency. Then in the car for the trip to Wick and beyond where the first port of call was the Caithness Glass Factory. Always impressive to see the craftsmen at work blowing and finishing the glassware and the refreshments were also welcome. We bought a vase for Diana and another lovely one for Lynn Smith's 40th Birthday event which we shall attend soon.
Then a look around the shops in Wick before we took lunch there. A drive out past Wick Airport to the ruined Sinclair Castle at Noss which was impressive situated, as it is, on as craggy spit and open to the public who are well-advised to take care. Then the drive back to Broubster where I took an hour out to fish again on The White Loch and found the small trout biting once more.
The weather had become duller and cooler, and it was actually raining whilst we had driven back but this did not stop our enjoyment. This morning, we had dropped in on Charlie Sutherland at Reay. The extra cultivated land was his and he has planted it up with 5000 Lodge pole Pine Christmas Trees. The Roe Buck rut is not until late July/early August but he shot one a fortnight ago.
He met Diana and we had a nice chat. Another long chat this afternoon with Ian McGregor in the hotel when we discussed arrangements for our trout fishing loch after he had heard that Fountain Forestry had tried to get clients onto it with permits. We can only put-up signs and padlock the boat.
Some packing this evening, getting as much stuff into the roof box as possible and then dinner and a relatively early night in view of our early start. A call to Mark Rainer to establish that the campaign is progressing much as before.