Thurso is cold, 13c cold, Britains most northerly town feels like it's closer to the arctic and indeed Scotland's most northerly islands are actually closer to the arctic than they are to London. I'm not a big fan of the cold so to feel the brisk wind and the autumnal chill in the air did not please me greatly. Mainly I've brought with me T-Shirts so I may have to purchase another jumper. I also smelled those first outdoor autumnal scents,possibly a testament to the most northerly situation of Thurso and also the fact that we enter into September next week.
Last night I wrote about the differences in Coronavirus polices when travelling in England and Scotland, well, I have an addendum from the far north. I'm staying at Thurso House, a cosy bed and breakfast near the beach in Thurso, it's the most expensive room of my trip at £70 per night but breakfast isn't available at all due to Covid and when you check out you have to strip your bed and put it along with the towels in a bin bag which you then tie up!
I did meet the owners earlier and they're lovely and also super helpful. No information in the room that I could see but I did find a map and they'd kindly had the bus timetables printed out for me as they're all irregular due to COVID. I really thought all of the variants in policies were down to staying in a different country but now I have no idea as it seems to vary from place to place. It's great that each place wants to keep us safe I just wish there was a standard set of guidelines so you knew what to expect when travelling.
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