Up until about 1400 years ago the Picts were living here pretty much alone. Here is one of their famous stones. the breakfast was fairly plain but the salted ham was tasty and the black pudding was also very nice. You can see I needed to add some soy sauce which I carry with me to give the necessary flavors. On the left is a small bowl of raspberries, blueberries, blackberries with some yogurt on top Local old town people called this restaurant “the Indian”You can see Castletown is a very small place with one gas station I suspect these people were getting on the small boat to go to the neighboring island, not serviced by ferriesI don’t yet know what kind of “bowling” is going on but there is a huge grass area in the back so it might be something like bocceSeveral markets like this had an unbelievably high percentage of rosé type wines I guess that is in demand in Scotland Look at what all the Shop needs to do I hope this is keeping them busy enough In the distance you could see the small island of stroma Thurso has a small railway station with a train once a day that takes you all the way to InvernessThe local church of Scotland They must’ve had trouble with kids playing with a ball in this area? This old central government building is now a library How “wee” can you get?The town’s World War I memorial I guess they are famous for their Flagstone The water is cold like it is in Monterey but outside it is very cold as well, like the coldest day in Monterey. I can’t imagine going swimming here, not after living in Thailand for so many years The new houses in town. Well, relatively new This is the post office, newsstand and the general store, another multipurpose business This is not a roll-on, roll off ferry. The cars have to turn around to get off I was told this is one of the old ferries. The “more modern” one is on loan to the Hebrides since their new fleet is still on order..
