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SHARING OPTIONS: One of the three sheds that sit side by side. The worst of the weather comes in from the sea from the north, so Yorkshire boarding has been used to close down this side of the shed. Farming in the north of Scotland brings its challenges in terms of climate, with a relatively short growing season resulting in long winter periods. The Sutherland family at Sibmister farm just 10 miles from Dunnet Head, the most northerly point of mainland UK which sits at a latitude between Gothenburg in Sweden and Oslo in Norway. Two of the sheds are 220f...

The most predictable beaches have either a rocky bottom, often confined by the presence of cliffs, or a coral reef which changes its shape very slowly. Sand beaches are the least consistent; their surf may be changing constantly. In the summer, the lighter, thinner waves may build up these beaches at the rate of several feet a day as the grains of sand are lifted from the bottom to be deposited by the waves in a new place. The heavy surf in winter holds the sand up much longer, and tearing down the beaches eventually deposits them as sand bars farther out to sea, and so the cycle repeats itse...

THE electoral race gets tighter all the time, and one way we can tell that is from the number of often dubious promises whistling through the ether. The tighter the race gets, the more obscure and specialised the political pledges become. My favourite one so far is from Alasdair Allan (below), MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, a job which for a son of Selkirk might need some explanation. At university he started studying Scots language and literature, but that did not apparently exhaust his patriotic appetites, so he added Gaelic too. The politics of the language has engaged him since he got ...

Wake to to sea views at these coastal campsites Credit: Getty Imagine it's one of those bright, blue-sky summer mornings. You wake to the sound of birdsong and the odd sheep. Outside, you catch a glimpse of a green swathe of grass with glittering sea beyond. It's the sort of view you'd pay a fortune to bag if you were staying in a hotel – but it's yours for just a few pounds at one of Britain's coastal campsites.  Many sites have direct access to the beach, perfect for a swim or surf before breakfast – and ideal for families with lots of beach clobber. Then at the end of the day it's a c...

Dunnet artist's TEXTile garments inspired by wartime tablecloth and the coronavirus By Gordon Calder Published: 16:00, 07 March 2021 Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper A CAITHNESS artist is creating two unique garments which have been inspired by the coronavirus and a wartime tablecloth which became a poignant memento of servicemen in World War II. Joanne B. Kaar, who is one of the Lyth Arts Centre artists in residence, is to hand stitch the names of carers from across the county onto a care-worker's uniform. A...