The Bus To Thurso.

  Over the past five days, it has been a scorcher in Caithness, right at the far northern end of the map Monday-Friday from  13th-17th June. 

23-24 degrees C one afternoon last week, the breeze making it feel more comfortable than the previous day.

In the distance, a slight mist hung over Hoy while the rooftops looked tiny and suddenly expanded as we approached closer; Hoy is one of the islands that form the Orkney Islands.

A chill bag with a zip, so all the food doesn't go off while waiting for a Bus, is one of the most important things you must own during the hot summer months. The best experience is not feeling chilly at all. Costing nearly £20 feeling I had been robbed crossed my mind before being run over by logic.

Buses are in various stages of decay, with a big crack in the glass window, all creak and struggle in all weather; 22 degrees C during this journey, probably hotter in Thurso the Bus strained with an alarm warning as it struggled up the hill, the Bus back home had door trouble increasing the cool air flowing through on the Bus as I remembered watching the film Speed; I then realised that it would be dangerous to reach 40 mph, but thankfully these vehicles couldn't.

Lots of Cows and Sheep, Horses. I have never seen so many in one place spread far and wide, Cows lying down in the hot Caithness sun. Lamb in the supermarket is strangely absent, and beef and milk are expensive despite being surrounded by all varieties of meat supply.

The whole area is mostly a ghost town. The Co-op, charity shops, pubs and the vape shop are the most successful businesses in the town centre.

The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland Pictures and Information.

Salad - Diminished Clothes - The Word 1994

The magic of this video was the fact it was totally live. 1994 was 29 years ago, almost a generation away. The Word had a reputation for exciting band performances on a Friday night.  Bjork - with The Sugarcubes was another electric performance.  I remember watching this live, and then I bought the vinyl single. If I remember correctly, the undoing of The Word was one performance when a female band were either partially naked or stripped down during the performance.  

This wouldn't cause a problem today because it is just accepted as normal behaviour.  For 1994 this was a little too spicey for people.

The Word was one of the best shows for seeing live music. 

The North Of Scotland

Thurso, on Wednesday, with rain in the air and not feeling too warm, in the breeze with the feel of a ghost town.

 I wondered where everyone was and why most shops were closed quieter than on a Friday afternoon in the far north mainland of Scotland. 

The recent temperatures here dropped to 5 degrees C a few days ago.  

The temperature at 8 degrees C at 02:04 AM on June 1 2023.

 Gardens are not healthy in the grey cloudy, chilly late May weather.

 The high street has many empty shops and shops that couldn't be bothered to be open due to costs. 

The transport network up here isn't interconnected; the waiting time spans several hours. 

My positive experience with the Highland NHS. I was provided with two scans and blood tests over three days. 

The Hospital in Wick, which is located 30 miles away from my home situated, in a lively area surrounded by housing and retail, with the river Wick flowing through it. Wick and Thurso with closed, closing, or empty shops. Despite this, both locations have a rich heritage and history. 

Recently a building had a partial collapse at 4 AM in the morning when some of it fell from under the roof at the front. This structure was built at a time before foundations were used during construction.  

Several churches from different Christian groups seem to be closed, sold off, in ruins or with nobody to lead religious services.

Right now, Friday, June 2, 4 degrees C in my area, nine miles outside Thurso 01:17.