27th April - North Sea Haar

It finally stopped raining yesterday, but remained misty for most of the day - to the point where visibility was afffected.  This is apparently called a North Sea Haar and is pretty common along the east coast.

We explored Dornoch a wee bit, although it was still misty there.  We had a nice lunch at Luigi's in Dornoch, and then we let the girls go off by themselves and we had a wander too.  We went to the jail, which is just a big shop now.  There ar some gorgeous clothes and boots in there, but the prices were ridiculously extortionate!  The castle is a hotel, and the cathedral is a small church.  Apparently it has the title of cathedral because a bishop moved his administration to Dornoch centuries ago and this entitled it to be called a cathedral.  Eventually we got a text from the girls saying they had exhauste all the delights of Dornoch and were bored!  We met them back at the car, and headed into Tain to find me some new walking boots as my trainers had fallen apart that morning after my walk on the beach.  We found Mr Shafi's shop, which was a bit like a market stall with masses of shoes, and loads of old people clothes.  Got some boots though, for a reasonable price.

We came back to the campsite and made use of the wifi at reception for a bit.  We booked a table in the restaurant for dinner, and then went to sit in the bar for a couple of drinks.  The girls went back to the caravan to give the dog a walk, and then they went out to amuse themselves for a while, complete with some money to get a takeaway for dinner and money to spend in the wee amusement arcade.  We came back to the caravan for an hour or so, as i needed a snoozy.  One of the frustrating things about pregnancy is that i have no stamina at the moment, and if I do too much my stomach muscles start to ache and I need to lie down!  It's very annoying.  Anyway, I had my snoozy, and then we went back out for dinner.  

The menu was pretty good in the wee restaurant - sort of Wetherspoony.  I wasn't starving after quite a big lunch, so I decided I only wanted some prawn cocktail and maybe a bit of garlic bread.  After a lot of umming and aaahing we decided against main courses completely, and shared 6 starters between us, kind of like tapas, Scottish style.  We had prawn cocktail, cheesy garlic bread, chicken goujons with Jack Daniels bbq sauce, scallops, french onion soup and breaded mushroom with garlic sauce.  Frazer got a dessert too - he thought he'd ordered a chocolate fondant, as that's what the menu said, but it turned out to be a chocolate fondue, so naturally I had to have some with stawberries!

We came back to the caravan, where we met back up with the girls, talked about baby names, and went to bed!

This morning has started off better than yesterday - it's not raining for a start.  It's not sunny though - hoping for a bit of sun later.  The dog woke me up at about 7.30, so I took him for a quite a long walk (well, long for me these days) down to the beach.  He had a lovely time paddling and chasing seagulls.  We're off for a swim in a little while, and then possibly up to Golspie for an explore.