Day 6 arrived with ALOT of fog but we are starting to realise this might be the norm for mornings in the highlands!

As we had wild camped the night before our first stop was a nearby campsite. For £5 you can go in and use the facilities to maintain the campervan. Once we were appropriately empty of waste and filled with water we were headed out to our first stop of the day which was Whaligoe Steps!

The Whaligoe steps are 300+ steps that lead down into the harbour and used to be used to transport fish up into the town. The car park is tiny but a very kind elderly gentleman to who lived next to (and presumably manages) the car park came out and offered to move the cones for us so we could squeeze in a spot he was saving. I almost didnt quite catch everything he said though due to his thick accent!

The walk down to the steps and into the harbour is right next to the car park so we were walking down there virtually straight away. The view is beautiful and the natural harbour is amazing. We spent some time taking photos and skimming stones. Trying not to slip on the seaweed!

After the thigh burning slog back to the top we thanked our scottish gent for letting us park there and were on our way to the next stop! We had a fair few things we wanted to fit in today.

Next up on the list was Castle Sinclair Girnigoe. It is an old ruined castle that sits right on the cliffs a few miles outside the town of Wick. We parked up the van and decided to have some lunch before we headed across. We had been to Lidl that morning to stock up on supplies and had raided their bakery section – and also found some Haggis crisps so obviously grabbed them!

We trecked on over to Castle Sinclair Girnigoe which took about 10-15 minutes from the car park. You can walk round the castle ruins and into them across a little bridge. There are information boards all around explaining about the history of the castle.

If you take a walk down the path beneath the bridge to the right hand side it comes to a little natural harbour. Its a beautiful little alcove that is filled with these stacks of rocks.

We created our own stacks before heading up to the campervan to head on to the next stop! Duncansby Head Lighthouse!

The Duncansby Head Lighthouse is the most northernly point you can reach on the mainland UK and you can follow a coastal walk along the cliff edge to see the sea stacks.

From here we headed off to the little town of John O’Groats – took our picture by the iconic sign and then drove on down to our campsite. We were hunkering down early as we were due a thunderstorm and we ordered take away from the on site pub which included Haggis Bon Bons!

Just as we were finishing dinner the lightening started and we settled down for the night wondering if the rain was going to keep us awake!