Tain Sunday 14 June 2015
Start: Evanton
Finish: Tain
Miles walked today: 17
Total miles: 945
Yesterday and today's earworm:
Jimmy is improving on Johnny Cash's lyrics:
"I shot a man in Reno,
Just to watch him diet"
as we walk through woods towards Alness. The path isn't that easy, and we stumble up to a high deer fence, beyond which are a couple of houses and some furiously barking dogs. To our right is a gate, from which a track leads in the direction we want to go.
"Can I help you?" asks a man the other side of the fence. I explain that we'd like to get over the gate and procedures down the track.
"You can't do that! This is my house and garden!"
I think he's exaggerating to be honest - a couple of cottages lie to one side of the track. He begrudgingly tells us how we can detour, and we do so.
Later in the morning, and for the rest of the day, we get glimpes of the oil rigs in Cromarty Firth. Tiny lanes take us to Tain, and Dunbuis B&B.
Jim and I watch the England game (won v Slovenia away 2-3) while relaxing and dozing for a pleasant couple of hours before eating at the St Duthus Hotel. We play hangman to see who pays for dinner... who won? Answer tomorrow.
