Hi, looking for some info on pubs in Thurso, and maybe Wick?

[welshyie]

Hello, I'm going to be staying in Thurso on the 26th and 27th of May, and would like to go to a few pubs to hear some live traditional/folk music. Might get a bus to Wick and explore there too. I'd be really grateful for suggestions. Any other things you'd recommend a visitor should see would be great too - I like pubs, music, history and walking. Thanks for your time,
welshyie

[donnick]

Hi not so sure on the music front but history if you visit the town hall it has a great display area all about caithness life ,also out at dunnet there is a croft called Maryanne cottage showing the life of crofter in caithness then there is the castle of mey home to the queen mum when she was alive .link below to few
http://caithnesshorizons.wordpress.com/
http://www.caithnessandsutherland.com/mary-ann-cottage-caithness-croft-museum/
http://www.castleofmey.org.uk/
http://www.wickheritage.org/
hope that helps
oh and you can get great walks up Dunnet head

[AR]

The Comm (commercial in Thurso usually has live music, folk & fiddle on Wednesdays throughout the year.

[welshyie]

thank you very much! :-)

[canadagirl]

Maybe try Rythmnreel at Skerray hall on the 27 of May.

[orkneycadian]

Your coming to the north of Scotland on the 26/27th of May, you want to hear trad / folk music, and you are not coming that little bit further for the Orkney Folk Festival on the 26 - 29th May? I guess a lot of the Caithness Folk music talent will have louped on the boat to Orkney that weekend, to spectate and have a good swally if nothing else. I half imagine that the trad / folk music scene in Thurso will be rather deid on the days you mention, but you never know!

[welshyie]

I am! I'm going over to Stromness for the last few days of the festival :-) But I'm staying in Thurso first because the hostel didn't have availability and I didn't want to lug all my camping gear up.
Cheers

[orkneycadian]

Hostel? What do you want with a hostel, when theres all night partying to be done?

[Bazeye]

Pubs, history, music and walking eh... you sound a bit like myself, except I'd add taxis to that. just in case the pubs were too far apart and you were running out of time

[welshyie]

haha, aye well I hope I get involved in some all night partying, that'll be fun. But I'll need a rest at some point.
I'll make sure to get a few taxi numbers just to be safe! :-)