DORNOCH , a genteel and appealing town eight miles north of Tain, lies on a flattish headland overlooking the Dornoch Firth . Surrounded by sand dunes and blessed with an exceptionally sunny climate by Scottish standards, it's something of a middle-class holiday resort, with solid Edwardian hotels, trees and flowers in profusion, and miles of sandy beaches giving good views across the estuary to the Tain peninsula. The town is also renowned for its championship ... [More]