{"id":50246,"date":"2023-01-30T23:33:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T22:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=50246"},"modified":"2026-02-01T04:35:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T03:35:54","slug":"a-relaxing-birds-eye-tour-of-the-spectacular-north-scotland-coastline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/01\/30\/a-relaxing-birds-eye-tour-of-the-spectacular-north-scotland-coastline\/","title":{"rendered":"A relaxing bird's eye tour of the spectacular North Scotland coastline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom is a nation famous for its beautiful natural landscapes. Some of the most notable are on the remote shores of northern Scotland.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/11\/03\/puzzlewood-the-millenary-forest-that-inspired-j-r-r-tolkien-and-j-k-rowling\/\">Puzzlewood: the millenary forest that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling<\/a><\/rek><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/08\/28\/stack-rock-fort-the-curious-maritime-fortress-whose-ruins-still-watch-over-the-coast-of-wales\/\">Stack Rock Fort: the curious maritime fortress whose ruins still watch over the coast of Wales<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@eastwoodsadventures\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eastwood's Adventures<\/a>, a little-known UK YouTube channel that has great videos on landscapes and urban exploration, posted a relaxing video last year showing the north coast of Scotland from a bird's eye view. At the beginning of the video there are <strong>beautiful views of the ruins of 15th century Sinclair Girnigoe Castle<\/strong>, located in the eastern part of the county of Caithness, in the far northeast of Great Britain. Below is <strong>the Noss Head Lighthouse, built in 1849 and still active<\/strong> (it is the one that appears at the top of this entry).<\/p>\n<p>The video also tours <strong>Wick Harbour<\/strong>, the marine lake of <strong>Kyle of Tongue<\/strong>, the <strong>Ard Neakie<\/strong> peninsula, the beautiful and rocky shores of the <strong> strong>Neave Island<\/strong>, the rugged coastline from <strong>Rubh' to Mhill Glaise<\/strong>, the town of <strong>Droman<\/strong> (in Sutherland) and <strong>Stoer Head Lighthouse <\/strong>, built in 1870 and still active today.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83d\ude0d BEAUTIFUL SCOTLAND, The Northern Coast. Aerial Drone 4k Video\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uxRtM5IXfas?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see below some captures of the video. We start with <strong>Sinclair Girnigoe Castle<\/strong>. In the distance, <strong>the Noss Head Lighthouse<\/strong> can be seen in the distance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52659358361_aac5a1c6a1_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The coast from Rubh' to Mhill Glaise<\/strong>, with its impressive cliffs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52659806735_ab3127d747_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Ard Neakie Peninsula<\/strong>. To the left are the ruins of the old lime kilns in this place, and in front of the isthmus is the Ferry House, which served as a home for the ferry operators that once linked the peninsula with the mainland when the then thin isthmus of sand was submerged.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52659358336_87ac3d8056_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stoer Head Lighthouse<\/strong>. Its light has a range of 39 km. It was the work of two famous Scottish engineers, the brothers Thomas and David Stevenson, authors of dozens of lighthouses on the coast of Scotland.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52659851653_fbcc9de808_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom is a nation famous for its beautiful natural landscapes. 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