Le château de Dunrobin est une demeure seigneuriale située à Sutherland, dans les Highlands écossaises, et le siège de la famille du comte de Sutherland, chef du clan Sutherland. La décoration intérieure du château est tout simplement exceptionnelle. Son musée présente une vaste collection de têtes d'animaux trophées abattus par les membres de la famille lors de safaris, des objets ethnographiques du monde entier et une importante collection d'objets archéologiques. Le musée a conservé son architecture victorienne-édouardienne et est installé dans un pavillon d'été du XVIIIe siècle jouxtant les jardins à la française. Le jardin accueille également un spectacle de faucons deux fois par jour.

Dornoch Cathedral built in 1224 is a medieval parish church serving the small town of Dornoch. As a congregation of the Church of Scotland, which is Presbyterian, the church is not the seat of a bishop but retains the name due to being, historically, the seat of the Bishop of Caithness. The cathedral’s churchyard is adjoined by Dornoch Castle, the somewhat reconstructed remains of the medieval palace of the bishops of Caithness. It was formerly a Catholic Cathedral.

Loch Fleet is a shallow, bar-built estuary with extensive sandflats and mudflats backed by saltmarsh and sand dunes. Beneath the sand dunes lies a bedrock of old Red Sandstone, overlain by shingle ridges, which extend from the western NNR boundary to the current coastline. Teaming with vast wildlife, a favourite spot for catching seals out on the sands.

Such a beautiful spot for taking photos on our trip with the extensive view of the Scottish Terrain featuring a mix of Lochs, Mountains, Vegetation, Wildlife and Carbisdale Castle a more modern but still over a century old family Castle.

The distillery is owned by The Glenmorangie Company Ltd, whose main product is the range of Glenmorangie single malt whisky. Glenmorangie is categorised as a Highland Distillery and boasts the tallest stills in Scotland. Legends tell that alcoholic beverages of one kind or another were produced in and around Tain since the Middle ages. Enjoy a tasting of some of their fine award-winning whisky’s straight from its homelands.

Black Rock Gorge is a deep and narrow cleft, it was caused by rapids heavily burdened with sediment being carried upwards as part of the great post-glacial rebound over 10000 years ago. It’s very deep which is why it was chosen to be used for ten days of filming for the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. A special place to us as it is situated in our own family’s clan territory.