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Whaligoe, is a small port which was prospected by Thomas Telford in 1786 during his tour of northern fishing harbours for the British Fishing Society. His judgement of the place was that it was a terrible spot. However, undaunted, Captain David Brodie spent £8 to cut the famous 330 steps.
Whaligoe Steps - Scotland atypique
Pour accéder à cet endroit magique il faut rouler en direction de Ulster et au niveau du panneau indiquant « Cairn or Get » prendre le chemin opposé.
Continuer sur ce petit chemin jusqu’à atteindre le parking d’un café. Descendez le long de la pelouse jusqu’a voir les escaliers. La descente commence. Ouvrez les yeux et profitez !
To reach this magical place you have to drive towards Ulster and at the sign indicating Cairn or Get take the opposite path.
Continue on this small path until reaching the car park of a cafe. Walk down the lawn to see the stairs. Start your downhill. Open your eyes and enjoy !
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Whaligoe steps 4K SF Caithness, Highlands, North Coast 500 Scotland
The Whaligoe Steps is a man-made stairway of 365 steps that descend to what was a naturally formed harbour between two sea cliffs - once a landing place for fishing boats. The steps are located just south of the town of Wick in Caithness on Scotland's most northeasterly coast. They date originally from the mid-18th century and were once used by fisherwomen to haul up the creels of herring landed at the harbour beneath. Crews of women, some in their early seventies, would gut the fish — Herring, cod, Haddock, or Ling — and would carry them up the steps in baskets to be taken on foot to be sold in Wick, some 7 to 8 miles away. Barrels made in the cooperage at the top of the cliffs were taken down for salted herring to be stored in then taken away by schooner. Although a popular attraction today, 'Whaligoe Steps' is notoriously difficult to find as the steps are not signposted on the main road. Sea birds such as oystercatchers and terns nest in the cliffsides and circle on the wind down to the water. A sea cave provides another opportunity for exploration.
The steps were repaired early in the 19th century and again very recently. The late Etta Juhle cleared about 30 tons of rubble by herself in 1975 after a landslip and David Nicolson of Ulbster has worked continuously on the steps with local historian Iain Sutherland and many other volunteers since 1998, repairing the barking kettles, quarrying stone, manually carrying it up or down the cliffs and grass-cutting about every three weeks during the summer season. 'Whaligoe Steps' has won the Shell Best of Britain award twice. In 1808, seven boats worked Whaligoe. By 1826 their number had risen to twenty four, but thereafter declined rapidly.
Whaligoe Steps by Chris Street (C) Alan Kester
This song details how darn hard the 'fisher wives' worked along time ago, up high on the North East coast of Scotland.
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Scottish Highlands Roadtrip: Whaligoe Steps | Fulltime Travel Family of 6
Before leaving the Highlands we drove up north from our Airbnb to see the east coast up to the most northern point of the United Kingdom! We first stopped at Whaligoe Haven and went down the Whaligoe Steps in Wick. Wick is a town and royal burgh in Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. To date, this is one of our favorite stops! I found it on TripAdvisor and am so glad we headed out for a last full day of exploring! Hope you enjoy our adventures, part 2 will be posted Friday.
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Loch Watenan, Ulbster and Whaligoe, Caithness, Scotland
This area has many interesting places to visit. The area has many Cairns, Brochs, Hill Forts and old ruined crofts. Local visitor attractions include the Whaligoe Steps (365 steps built into the sheer cliffs, leading down to an old harbour at the bottom), and the Cairn of Get, a 5000 year old chambered cairn just over the hill from here.
Also visible in this video is the line of the old disused Wick to Lybster light railway.
The loch is called Loch Watenan, and is a good fishing loch.
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A visit to the Whaligoe Steps in Caithness, which offer a steep and precarious descent down to a secluded cove you'd never know was there.
Nice wee place, and as was the case for my whole two weeks in Sutherland & Caithness, I had the place to myself :)
I did a write-up with photos in my photo diary of my time up north:
Whaligoe steps 4K Caithness, Highlands, North Coast 500, Scotland
The Whaligoe Steps is a man-made stairway of 365 steps that descend to what was a naturally formed harbour between two sea cliffs - once a landing place for fishing boats. The steps are located just south of the town of Wick in Caithness on Scotland's most northeasterly coast. They date originally from the mid-18th century and were once used by fisherwomen to haul up the creels of herring landed at the harbour beneath. Crews of women, some in their early seventies, would gut the fish — Herring, cod, Haddock, or Ling — and would carry them up the steps in baskets to be taken on foot to be sold in Wick, some 7 to 8 miles away. Barrels made in the cooperage at the top of the cliffs were taken down for salted herring to be stored in then taken away by schooner. Although a popular attraction today, 'Whaligoe Steps' is notoriously difficult to find as the steps are not signposted on the main road. Sea birds such as oystercatchers and terns nest in the cliffsides and circle on the wind down to the water. A sea cave provides another opportunity for exploration.
The steps were repaired early in the 19th century and again very recently. The late Etta Juhle cleared about 30 tons of rubble by herself in 1975 after a landslip and David Nicolson of Ulbster has worked continuously on the steps with local historian Iain Sutherland and many other volunteers since 1998, repairing the barking kettles, quarrying stone, manually carrying it up or down the cliffs and grass-cutting about every three weeks during the summer season. 'Whaligoe Steps' has won the Shell Best of Britain award twice. In 1808, seven boats worked Whaligoe. By 1826 their number had risen to twenty four, but thereafter declined rapidly.
Whaligoe Steps Cafe - Part 3
John O'Groats Trail - Whaligoe to Wick
Running a part of the newly formed John O'Groats Trail from Whaligoe Steps to Wick.
Ulbster and Whaligoe, Caithness, Scotland
Short aerial video showing the area around Ulbster and Whaligoe, Caithness, Scotland at sunset.
Ulbster
Beautiful natural harbour at the base of the Whaligoe steps (300+ steps cut into cliff face) near small village of Ulbster in North East Scotland.
Two Indians in Scotland |North Coast 500 Road Trip | Whaligoe Steps | Castle of Old Wick
This time we drive around the beautiful Scotland,precisely we are here on our Road trip called The NC500 rated in the top 10 best road trips in the world.
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