A little bit of Scotland
Although I have now been in the North-East of Scotland for well over two years, I am still on a journey of discovery. Today a friend took us to see some fishing villages on the coast between Elgin and Fraserburgh. This stretch of coastline includes the location for the 1980s movie Local Hero, Pennan. But the place I found most wonderful of all was the the tiny village of Crovie – a gem that has been left largely untouched by modern development, although what were once fishermen’s cottages are now largely holiday homes, though beautifully maintained.
For readers of this blog who do not know Scotland’s North-East, it is well worth a visit.
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Tags: Crovie, Pennan, Scotland
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September 29, 2013 at 11:11 pm
[ Smiles ] Thank you for sharing a little bit of Scotland via your photography!
September 29, 2013 at 11:34 pm
that is a beautiful photo. thank you
September 30, 2013 at 8:36 am
Lovely, really pretty. An ND filter and a tripod ?.
A lot of little places like that had huge bumps in population when the herring was running. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silver-Darlings-Neil-M-Gunn/dp/0571090419
September 30, 2013 at 9:21 am
Well here is a place that has gone on my ‘to visit’ list!
What a lovely day you had to visit too.
October 1, 2013 at 6:41 pm
For a change, I have a few photographs of Aberdeenshire villages and towns when they were all heavily snowed under for days and electricity was cut off in those days!!
A few years ago, heavy snow in Banchory and Huntly in Aberdeenshire incarcerated two of my friends and their families for days in their homes and induced concern about their food running out; both families gave up the Scotland’s sceneries and emigrated to sunny Perth in Australia!
October 1, 2013 at 6:48 pm
Apologies. Banchory is in Kincardineshire. It was the snow and their struggle for days I vividly remember, and not the name of these shires!
October 2, 2013 at 8:54 am
Actually no, you were right first time: Banchory is in Aberdeenshire. You are right however that it tends to get more snow!