4 Kidneys and a Wonky Leg

We went to the Wick Heritage museum today, a fascinating place describing the history of Wick over the past two centuries or so. Although Wick has been here in some form or other since the iron age, it only came to prominence when the herring industry expanded here. In the 1800’s a harbour was constructed by Thomas Telford, and soon Wick was the largest Herring port in Europe with around 1000 boats operating from the harbour.

Its hard to imagine how so many boats managed to squeeze in and out of the harbour when you look at the harbour now.

At last a day with a bit of sun and warmth, after some lunch we walked south out of town to the Old Castle of Wick a mile or two down the coast. Along the way we were attacked by some terns noisily defending their territories along the cliffs. Walking on, past Trinkie Pool one of two outdoor swimming pools in Wick, a little further on is the old Wick castle at the head of two gorges. It’s more of a tower really, and only half of one at that, but the gorges are spectacular.

Wednesday is too strong a wind to sail so we’ll be doing some more maintenance and the like, before heading South for Helmsdale on Thursday.

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