North Coast Scotland 500- Day 5
(Above image is a capture of Castle Girnigeo near Wick.) This morning, I departed my lodgings in Wick (pop 7300) in the far N.E. of Scotland and undertook a short walking tour. First, a short distance to Ebenezer Place which is credited by the Guinness Book of Records as being the world's shortest street, measuring just 2.06 m or 6 ft 9 in . Next to the harbour and marina. Historically, Wick was heavily involved in commercial fishing but this has long gone. A new industry has grown up servicing the large offshore wind farm in the North Sea. World's shortest street. Wick Harbour Wick Marina Wick Harbour Next, a few miles north to Noss Head and Sinclair Girnigeo Castle which is associated with the Sinclairs whose ancestors probably came from St. Clair in Northern France at time of the Norman invasion in 1066. These are the same Sinclairs who built Rosslyn Chapel near Edinburgh, now a major tourist attraction. Artist's impression of the castle d...