Crovie Harbour

This arty effort was taken during our trip up to Gamrie (in Aberdeenshire) on our visit to my parents little green oasis among the barley fields. Crovie (pronounced Crivie - these Aberdeen folk are right queer) is a tiny fishing village that is now made up almost entirely of holiday homes.

This is my country, the land that begat me...

August 17th 2006
Coming back to Scotland, I always find (regardless of the fact that I’ve not actually missed the place) that I end up with a particular song stuck in my head - “Caledonia”. The words seem to awake the dormant Highlander in me and I find myself pressed up against the window of the bus/train/plane yearning to be among the heathered hills and rugged mountains. The line that really gets me is � ... read more

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