John O' Groats

Masterplan

Diabolical semi circular ring of asphalt set to smother mainland Britains northerliest ooutpost

Brian Smith

The image above is out of date... if you are going to criticise a place or plan please keep up to date. I would also like to dispel the myth that people only stay in John o'Groats a short time... this was made up by a lazy journalist who seemed to quote from a non existent survey... and has since been repeatedly used by more lazy journalist and has become a modern day myth. Recent research has shown the average stay is over 3hrs. The developement plans for john o'Groats can be seen on the website. www.visitjohnogroats.com John O'Groats can also be seen on Google street view now... so take a look and make your own mind up. John O'Groats is one of Britains outposts in an extreme location... so what excatly are you expecting? Disneyland??? John O'groats is in scale with it's location and has a lot to offer visitors who come and stay here in there hundreds of thousands. All I speak to have a great time... but John o'groats is an easy target for lazy reporting by people who have never been here. All I can say to these people is get out of the office and get a life :-)

David Body, John O'Groats

Are you seriously trying to tell me that you honestly believe a VILLAGE of about 300 people (not town) is the worst built up place in Britain? That a place which includes the phenomenal Stacks of Duncansby (see picture), peaceful stretching sandy beaches, fantastic panoramic views of the Pentland Firth with the Orkney Islands and Stroma, a place where you can see puffins, Killer Whales, seals, porpoises, all manner of sea birds, deer, and the northern lights better than anywhere else on the mainland UK, is comparable to a place like East Kilbride? I dispute the facts sir. And anyway, whoever the nominator is, I admire his stunning genius of nominating a place based upon a plan of what it might one day potentially look kind of like, as opposed to the clearly nonsense idea that maybe you'd base it on what it currently actually is. I've worked in the hotel in John O'Groats for a number of years in the past, and we have never claimed to be the Vegas of the North, and whilst clearly some investment is needed to tidy the central area, the intelligent tourist can appreciate the beauty of the unspoiled area around this, instead of multiple buildings with the same tack like other places. If you want shopping, go to Glasgow. If you want a quality, friendly, trusting local village, where you can get away from the hustle and bustle of modern life, where people will engage with tourists, rather than resent them, then John O'Groats is fantastic. In the four years I worked in the hotel, I'd say at least 95% of the tourists who stayed enjoyed the experience (which includes some of the freshest seafood in the world no less, including crab and lobster, and at incredible good value-I've seen Seafood from the region on the menu at Glasgow's TOP restaurant at at least triple the price you'd pay in the area - and a plethora of local ingredients such as top quality Beef, Black Pudding, Ice Cream and Vegetables), and since they took the time to actually look around, they loved the place. There are the other 5% say those who expect more glitz, but we don't need or expect to offer it. We've already got something you can't buy - the glory of Nature. So Carbuncle? No Chance!

Highland Defender! My heads in Glasgow, but my hearts in John O'Groats!

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