We are now in Scotland’s, therefore UK’s, most northern town. The population of Thurso trebled in the 1990s, due the building of the Dounreay Magnox nuclear power station, about three miles down the road, so now is about 8,000. A walk down both banks of the river Thurso and then along the beach front reveal this town is ….. maybe not so great. But it is on the northern end of the island that is UK, so daylight lasts longer. Tonight sunset was about 11pm, accompanied with a full moon.
In the early 19th century, the town became the gateway to the Caithness flagstone industry and the major port for exporting paving stones throughout Britain and ‘the continent’. Check out the fences around these houses. 
Chris & Kath's Travel Time 