I try to do a Big Day/Small Day cycle when traveling, to keep from getting burned out. It doesn’t always work, and it’s not always possible, but when it pays off it means I can better appreciate what I’ve done & seen.
Yesterday was a pretty big day, so today was a quiet one. I could have gone to the nearby port of Scrabster & taken the ferry to Stromness in the Orkneys, then back again, as a day trip, but it’s a long-ass way to go to not really see much beyond a small town; Felt like it’d be missing the point of going to the aforementioned Orkneys.
Instead I stayed in Thurso & had a very quiet day indeed, because bloody everything is shut.
I had coffee & a paninini at the cafe in the Tesco supermarket because it was the only thing open that wasn’t a pub. Or the place selling the “best kebabs in Thurso”, which as near as I can tell is accurate because it’s the only kebab spot in Thurso.
I took a walk along the coastal clifftop path until it dumped me out into suburbia, then wandered back again. Also found that little piece of sea glass a really long way from the beach; It probably got transported by a person, but I like to think a huge storm wave deposited it on the beach access stairs 40′ or so above the beach.
It being the day before St. Patrick’s Day, and the owners of the place I’m staying being from Ireland (Dingwal, maybe?), there was a distinctly Irish celebration happening in the restaurant/bar across the hall. Not loud enough to be an issue, but from the sound of it folks were having a good time.
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