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Day 99: Whaligoe Steps to Wick Harbour (12 miles)

A very different day today. The forecast had been pretty good but the previous night changed to mist and fog in the morning. In the end it was that all day. This was a shame as the coastal cliffs were dramatic with lots of sea stacks, arches and blowholes along the whole stretch. What made it, was having Georgie and Maria walking with me, with great exuberance and hilarity. Knowing that I was coming to the end of being apart from my wonderful, beautiful and supportive family has made me feel immense relief and satisfaction. We had aimed to leave the Harbour House at 10, to give everyone  chance to recover from the long drive. As it happened, Martin turned off all his alarms by mistake so we ended up over-sleeping until 8:30. Maybe that was a good thing, as we have been going to bed late because of the light evenings. It doesn’t really get dark up here until gone 11pm and getting light again at 3:30am. And today was the solstice. However, everyone was efficient in getting ready and ...