{"id":1383,"date":"2026-05-13T20:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:01:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T13:01:20","slug":"day-4-wick-to-murkle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/day-4-wick-to-murkle\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 4: Wick to Murkle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First stop at Noss Head Lighthouse for Castle Sinclair Girinigoe:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next stop, another ruin, Old Keiss Castle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Couple of Grey seals were lounging on the beach below Keiss<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After Keiss, we headed up to Duncansby Head to see the Duncansby Stacks. A spectacular sight, even in the harsh, cold rain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Headed back to John O’Groats to visit the famous signpost where folk patiently wait to take their pictures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next up, Dunnet Head lighthouse, the most northerly point on the mainland and from where it is possible to see the Orkney isles. The weather was fine, but a black rain cell was never far away!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a stop at the Dunnet Bay Distillery (gin), where the were rightfully told gin is diesel for the body, we rolled into Murkle for the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rounded the day off with a stroll to the beach. View across to Durness Head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First stop at Noss Head Lighthouse for Castle Sinclair Girinigoe: Next stop, another ruin, Old Keiss Castle: Couple of Grey seals were lounging on the beach below Keiss After Keiss, we headed up to Duncansby Head to see the Duncansby Stacks. A spectacular sight, even in the harsh, cold rain: Headed back to John O’Groats … Continue reading “Day 4: Wick to Murkle”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nc500"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1383"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1408,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383\/revisions\/1408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}