OTHER ACTIVITIES

Fishing

There is good coastal, sea, loch and river fishing available. Go to Harper's shop in town (they don't have a website but phone is 01847 893179 or email harpersfly@btinternet.com) where they can provide all the information on where to go, hiring a boat, getting a place on the sea fishing trips and getting the permits etc. They do not have a website you just have to ask.

Golf

We have lots of golf courses. Perhaps the most famous is the links at Reay

Horse Riding

There are several places where you can get horse riding activities. This is one we have often used.

Highland Gatherings

The Halkirk Highland Games is the best known highland gathering in the north and takes place on the last Saturday in July. For information click here. There are other smaller gatherings around the county on other dates and they all give excellent family entertainment.

For a more complete guide to all the highland gatherings in Scotland click here

Country Music Festival

The Northern Nashville Caithness Country Music Festival gathers an array of international and local talent for a 3-day music fest to remember.

Held over the Easter weekend there are 5 shows attracting visitors from all over the globe.

The Club also run monthly shows at 8pm on the last Friday of every month which is open to members and non-menbers. Usually with a main and a supporting artist / band.

Further information on the Festival & monthly shows can be found here.

Pipe Bands

During the summer the Thurso Pipe Band plays in the town centre every Saturday night. They march through town and stop outside St Peters and St Andrews Church on the main square. They often have some Highland Dancers with them. The Wick Pipe Band do the same in Wick town centre.

O'Neill Surfing Highland Open Championships

The cream of the surfing world descend annually to do battle with the notorious Pentland Firth.

For information on this regular surfing event please click here.

Old Pulteney Distillery Tour

We are very lucky in having such a great local whisky in "Old Pulteney".

The tour of the distillery in Wick explains the story of this classic Scotch whisky and you can sample the product too. Take a little home with a free miniature bottle.

You can visit the Old Pulteney website here, or the Wick Heritage website here

Find a Fossil

There are numerous old quarries dotted around Caithness. Some are very good for finding fossils. The quarry at Achanarras has an information centre which gives help with what to look for.

Beach Combing

We have lots of lovely golden sandy beaches but there are also lots of places with tidal, flat, rocky areas with shell beaches where you can look for little sea creatures in the rock pools. I am particularly fond of the area around Brims Ness where you can pick up the tiny "Groatie Buckie"