Caithness and Sutherland Coastline A Snapshot Journey down the east coast of Scotland by bus, from John O'Groats to the Dornoch Firth Bridge, July Photos and captions by Kimberley D.C. Schroder

Traveling past a farm overlooking Freswick Bay.

A house presently undergoing window work in Milltown.

On the edge of the land above Nybster Broch, this monument was built by John Nicolson and commemorates the work of Sir Francis Tress Barry, who excavated the area around 1900.

Wetlands, power lines, and a side road near Keiss.

A stone wall and a tractor with Sinclair's Bay in the far right and Keiss in the far left.

The end of a tire barrier on a farm near Reiss on Sinclair's Bay.

Wick as seen from the bridge over the river running through it of the same name.

It's a common site in rural areas throughout Scotland, but here's an abandoned house near Ulbster.

Cows near Bruan with wind turbines and an oil platform in the background.

Sheep, various forms of fences, and an old road near Clyth.

A somewhat recent logging site is being reforested near Doll.

Traveling east of Dunrobin Castle, a small fence divides tractor tracks and a group of trees at the edge of a field.

The view from The Mound bridge over Loch Fleet.

Passing a construction site near Achavandra.