A brief stop in Helmsdale

This is part of a short series of posts I wrote about a July 2017 road trip from Inverness northwards along the east coast of the Highlands, culminating in a visit to the abandoned island of Stroma. See all my posts on the overview page.

Helmsdale is a striking village on the east coast of the Highlands, within the historic county of Sutherland. It owes its current form, as does Sutherland and the wider Highlands generally, to the Highland Clearances. It’s a modern planned village with a sma...