Day 4 arrived in a heavy cloud of fog and mist.

As we were getting ready for the day the mist slowly cleared and revealed the mountains behind in a very mystical manner – giving way to another glorious sunny day!

Today we were making our way further north and started catching glimses of the beautiful coastline. The first place we passed through was a lovely town called Rosemarkie which has an amazing viewing point over the sea to view dolphins. We drove past here and enjoyed the view but didnt stop as it was super busy and we had plans to go on a dolphin spotting trip the next day! Id recommend though if you have time to stop!

On our way up we came across an excellent viewpoint so decided to stop for a spot of lunch. Which is the luxury of having a campervan! So we made our sandwiches, grabbed crisps and sausage rolls and sat on the wall admiring the view.

Next up – around 20 minutes from the view we arrived at the Falls of Shin. By this point most of the roads had become single track and required the use of passing points. None of the roads were busy at all however and most of the time we just sailed through. We did have a stand off with a tractor though. We reversed for that one! The roads once again provided lovely views.

Falls of Shin is a waterfall that sits along the salmon trail. You can walk the short walk to the waterfall and watch the salmon leaping upstream. There isnt a contant flow of jumping salmon but every 30 seconds or so a salmon could be seen throwing itself through the powerful stream of water and onto the rocks above. Alot of the poor salmon werent strong enough and got knocked back down into the main pool of water. We found ourselves really invested in the little guys and were cheering them on as they made the leap and struggled to keep going against the flow. They were a bit too quick to snap a photo of though!

From here you can then take one of the two walks around the area into the forest and along the river. We chose one that followed the stream and then went uphill into the forest and enjoyed the view from there.

Along this trail Liam spotted a little track leading back down to the river where we hit the “jackpot” spot down by the river.

After we had finished our walk we headed back to the motorhome and to our next destination for the day which was Dornoch beach!

We had spotted Dornoch Beach as a recommended place to visit when Danielle and I were doing our planning because of its beauty.

The photos dont really do it justice but the beach was lovely and sandy and the sea was a deep turqouise with lots of waves!

It was VERY windy and chilly but obviously the guys couldnt resist going in. Even if they were fully clothed. Another benefit of having a campervan is being able to change clothes right away!

We hung around on the beach watching the waves and spotting local dogs on their walks. Like this gem.

Dornoch town itself is lovely and we had a little wander round the streets although everything was shut up as it was Sunday evening by this time. It looked like there were some cute little shops and a good place for Sunday lunch as well as a whiskey shop.

By this time we were getting peckish and decided to make our way to the campsite we were at for the night which was Black Rock Campsite. Once there the guys walked the 6 minutes walk to the local shop for dinner supplies and we tidied the campervan after our days adventures. We get the floor very dirty!

This evenings dinner was sausage and mash with peas followed by rice pudding which we ate on the large bed at the back after dinner had been washed up watching Fraiser and drinking gin. It wasnt long though before my eyelids were drooping and we turned in for the night as we had an early start the next day!