Was invited by a friend last weekend up to Brora to run the Brora 10km. It was a long time since I was last in Brora and I had forgotten how beautiful the coastal scenery is in the area. Before the race we went down to Brora Harbour and under a burning sun spent a very pleasant half hour gazing out over the lovely sandy beach to the calm sparkling sea. A large seal kept us amused as it bobbed up and down close to the shore. On to the race and the route followed some lovely minor roads behind Brora. If I had not been concentrating so much on simply surviving under the heat it would have been the perfect race ( despite this I was pretty pleased with my time!)
Brora is about an hour and a half drive north of Inverness and along with nearby Dornoch and Dunrobin Castle is well worth a visit. The two photos are of Dunrobin Castle and Dornoch beach.