Berriedale
Berriedale is a little estate town on the north east coast of Caithness, Scotland, on the A9 roadway in between Helmsdale and also Lybster, close to the border in between Caithness as well as Sutherland. It is protected from the North Sea. The town has a parish church in the Church of Scotland. Simply south of Berriedale, heading to the north, the A9 passes the Berriedale Braes, a steep decrease 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 bridge a river, before rising once again (13% over 1,3 kilometres), with a number of sharp bends in the road-- although a few of the barrette bends as well as other neighboring slopes have actually been relieved over the last few years. The impracticality (as well as expense) of linking the Berriedale Braes prevented the structure of the Inverness-Wick Far North Line along the eastern shore of Caithness; instead the railway runs inland via the Flow Country. Berriedale is located at the end of the eighth stage of the seaside John o' Groats Route.
