Walking Festival 

When you purchase any of our books  during the Caithness and Sutherland Walking Festival, you will get a free Long Distance Walkers T shirt.  

While stocks last.  You can get a Friends of the North Highland t shirt at any time.

We have more about the Walking Festival here.... join us. You can send your bag. 

Get off at your foodstop and accommodation providers can do the survey (includes campsites)

Some years ago, a local historian helped write the book "WWII Sites in Caithness"  They are available on Amazon. We have a Help for Heroes scarf, QARANC paraphernalia, cushions etc. and even found some information about WWII in Ireland in an old magazine.

 

In 2025, our mascot is the Highland Cow.  We have a quiz "What is the difference between a Highland Cow and a Lincolnshire Red" in our magazine Environmental News.  No one has come up with the answer yet.  We have fluffy Highland Cow notebooks, Highland Cow hot water bottles and will shortly have Highland Cow t shirts. There are so many Highland Cow products.  You can have a look in our shop to see if we have any in stock.

 

You can get on this page for a fee of £10.00 payable by Paypal to tinadirving@gmail.com. 

 

Public liability insurance is provided by Hiscox through the Marine Conservation Society, in particular the bridges challenge.  Walks led by other organisations, such as the John O Groats Development Trust will have their own insurance. 

We enjoyed Orcawatch in 2024, and the beginners guide to Orcawatching is in Environmental News.  Our preferred supplier for the 2025  event

The programme is now complete

Saturday 3 May - Lyth booking essential. Facility to be here shortly.

Sunday 4 May - Walk in the forest at Borgie

Monday 5 May - Our friends from Orkney will lead a walk out to the Hempriggs Estate.

Tuesday 6 May 2025 we have a surprise for you... watch this space

Wednesday 7 May -  A walk and a chat at Sandside Beach near Reay.  For the purposes of insurance and control of numbers, people are requested to book.

Thursday 8 May is VE Day and Walter Mowatt will lead a walk at John o Groats at 15:00 - free

Friday 9 May and 10 May 2025 we focus on the bridges, but you can sign up to do the bridges at any time.

 

We are hoping to help disabled people to join us and possibly some schools.  Watch this space.  Many walks will be led by the Sutherland Walking Group

Once you have visited the Caithness and Sutherland Walking Festival, you can consider the wonderful Orkney Island Games.  For paid up Friends of the North Highland Way, you will be able to get discounts on our Travel Agency.

You can pay here and we will send you the details.  £5 is the recommended donation.  Once we have reached the total of £5,000 funds will go to a charity of our choice.