Dunnet Head

With Mike and Terri Church

Dunnet Head and John O'Groats compete for tourists wanting to get just as far north as they can during their trip to the north. Dunnet head is really farther north, but probably more people visit John O'Groats since it is the port for a ferry out to Burwick in the Orkney Islands.

Dunnet Head

Below left - The marker at Dunnet Head says "Most northerly point of mainland Britain.

Below right - John O'Groats is better known than Dunnet Head, but it's not really as far north.

Above left - Bird-watching from Dunnet Head

Above right - Puffins, this picture was hand-held and taken through the eyepiece of a spotting scope.