Road Trip Drive With Music To Filling Station In John o' Groats On Visit To Caithness Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish fiddle music, of a dreich, which is a Scots word for dull and cloudy, road trip drive to the Filling Station in John o' Groats, Scottish Gaelic: Taigh Iain Ghròt, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Caithness in the Highlands. The filling station will supply your needs for Calor Gas, Petrol, Diesel, Newspapers, Groceries, Frozen Food, Milk, Fishing Tackles and Postal Services. John o' Groats takes its name from Jan de Groote, a Dutchman who obtained a grant for the ferry from the Scottish mainland to Orkney, recently acquired from Norway, from James IV, King of Scots, in 1496. Jan de Groot ran a ferry to Orkney and charged 2p a trip. The coin for this denomination became known as the " groat ". Jan de Groot is buried in Canisbay churchyard where his tombstone can be seen, now moved to inside the entrance porch for protection against the weather. Over a period of time the name Jan de Groot has subsequently changed to John O’Groats. John o' Groats is 876 miles from Land's End in Cornwall, England, 690 miles from London, England, 280 miles from Edinburgh, and 6 miles from the the Orkney Islands. When driving in Scotland, slow down and enjoy the trip All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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