For our third visit to Scotland in four years, my wife and I went along the north coast from east to west and then meandered down the west. We loitered at Ullapool and Loch Lomond and had one night visits in several more places. The spring weather was changeable as the photos show. There were a few showers here and there but far more sun and shirtsleeves than you might guess.

The north coast is an amazing place. John O' Groats is not your typical Scotland village. It is rather a simple collection of buildings, including an old ... (more)