Tag: Thurso
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Thurso to Inverness to Aberdeen
My traditional paranoid room check involved looking under the bed, which answered the question of “how come the shower drains so slowly? are they not clearing the trap?”. Given that the under bed area had an empty water bottle and a large-size beer can, I’m going to guess that deep cleaning isn’t a thing that…
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Quiet Day In Thurso
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…
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John O’Groats
I’d previously looked at tours that’d take me out here, but didn’t understand how tourist seasons work, so I just took the Saturday bus from Thurso instead. And thanks to Doktor Hobo, I now have the idea that Thurso is an Australian abbreviation of Thursday stuck in my head, so thanks for that. Breakfast at…
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Getting to Thurso
The hostel dorm was louder last night, not due to people packing up or talking, but due to general sleep noise. Pretty sure the guy in the bunk above me was humming in his sleep, and there was way more snoring than before. Churn for the room seemed to be about 50%, which seems high?…