Forgot to say Maddie entertained us yesterday during lunch by taking great exception to what we could only think was a rock in the lochan we were sitting by, barking at it and running round the edge. She stopped short of actually jumping in and attacking it.
Gave our legs a rest today and ran the car instead - all the way up to Durness on the north coast. Whoopee! I've always wanted to go to the north coast, and this is the furthest north I've ever been in the whole world (assuming Durness - on the 58th degree - is further north than Stavanger)
And what a day! Sun splitting the skies again and we walked up Balnakeil Bay - the most beautiful beach I've ever seen - and round Faraid Head. Then 2 hours' drive back home.
Today we stayed closer to home and went up Stac Pollaidh. It was really windy, we were afraid the dogs might get blown off the top but they actually did better than us. Murphy of course headed off as we hit the top and was heard some time later on the western slopes, barking in a panic (having realised he didn't know where we were) - luckily he found us as we came off the top.
We've noticed he has difficulty with perspective; twice this week we've been up and hill and he's headed off to chase something he's seen - both times a lorry on the road far below us!
I'm afraid I have to disappoint you - Stavanger is further north. Not by a massive amount but definitely further north. You would need to go to the north of the Orkney's or the Shetland's to be further north still.
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