Berriedale
Berriedale is a tiny estate village on the north east shore of Caithness, Scotland, on the A9 roadway in between Helmsdale as well as Lybster, near to the boundary in between Caithness and also Sutherland. It is protected from the North Sea. The village has a parish church in the Church of Scotland. Simply southern of Berriedale, en route to the north, the A9 passes the Berriedale Braes, a high drop in the landscape (brae is a Scots word for hill, a borrowing of the Scottish Gaelic bràighe). The road drops down outstanding (13% over 1,3 km) to connect a river, prior to rising once again (13% over 1,3 kilometres), with a number of sharp bends in the road-- although several of the hairpin flexes and other nearby slopes have been reduced over the last few years. The impracticality (and also cost) of connecting the Berriedale Braes protected against the structure of the Inverness-Wick Far North Line along the eastern coastline of Caithness; instead the train runs inland through the Flow Country. Berriedale is located at the end of the eighth stage of the seaside John o' Groats Route.
