Trip to Scotland and England 2010
Oct 12, Tuesday
Breakfast at B&B, drove by Wick airfield, then to John O'Groats and
Pt. Duncansby, Thurso, by a memorial to a downed B-17, the Stones of
Caithness and down to Inverness which we bypassed to go to Nairn where
we spent the night.
Images from the Wick area
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Breakfast
with an egg fresh that morning
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The
river at Wick
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river
view
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Memorial
plaque at airport
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Wick
airfield
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WWII
seaplane hangers
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Images at Point Duncansby
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Lighthouse
information
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Sun
salutation at furthest north east point of U.K.
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View
at the point
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The
Lighthouse
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Bomber Memorial Plaque at Halsary
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Memorial
plaque on the cairn
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closeup
showing the names of those who perished in the crash
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This memorial plaque is installed on a cairn at a layby on the A9 near
Hornaby south of Thurso. It is located near N 58 25 00 W3 25 00 and is
just visible on google earth
The map indicates that the crash site is located 5 km from the memorial
at a bearing of 220 degrees. We did not do the hike which is across a
peat bog. I believe we could see something in that vicinity on google
earth
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Images at the Stones of Caithness
These stones are estimated to be 4,000 or more years old.
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