Friday, 22 May 2026

Orkney and North Coast - Day 9

We left Bettyhill and drove on west. We'd booked into Bayview campsite at Talmine Bay, which is a few miles off the NC500.

We were too early to check in, but we wanted to do a coastal walk first so parked at Talmine Pier.


We walked north up the coast, past a few nice coves and a decorated cairn.




We found some more Scottish Primrose.


We got to a rocky beach with an old fishing boat winch, where we stopped for some lunch.



From there we walked on a quiet road to Midield beach, a sandy beach with some remote houses dotted around.



From there the route went inland past more habitation, before climbing up over a hill then back down to Talmine Bay.



We then checked in to the camp site, it's a small one in a great spot overlooking the bay.

Later we went for a stroll on the beach, there's an old wrecked wooden ship there.



For dinner we had ricotta and spinach pasta with bacon and tomato sauce.



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