Trip to Auchnagatt ....
22nd
June 2018 (Friday)
.... 07.30 We have a bonnie
morning; not
quite ‘wall to wall’ bloo,
but not far orf it..... a nice day for travelling. I’ll take the scenic route over the Cairn o’
Mount, that way I can stop here and there and get a few photos on the way
north. Right now I’m going down to the
beach for a pre breakfast daunder.
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| Edzell arch. |
21.00 I had
a really enjoyable trip up to Auchnagatt.
On the way I had breakfast at Peggy Scott’s.... which took an hour. My
next stop was at Edzell to photograph the arch, though it wasn’t the best of
light for doing that. I then visited Balbegno Farm, to get a photo
of the bungalow that has replaced the two ‘cottar’ houses, one of which I was
born in. I met and talked to the
farmer, who is a grandson of the farmer that my ‘Dad’ worked for, as a
horseman, in 1938: this was a really
interesting stop. From there I went
too
Fettercairn to photograph their arch.... the light was still awkward but
the photos turned out reasonable. I
then bumbled up the Cairn o’ Mount, stopping at the viewpoint, and other ‘points’
before finally arriving at Backhill of Inkhorn at 15.40.... after a coffee
break in Ellon.
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| Fettercairn arch. |
We
have a bonnie evening here .... fairly breezy and cool but that is forecast to
change. There’s a Scotland’s Gardens ‘open’
day near us tomorrow: Hazel and I plan
to visit the garden in the morning; then
we’re all going to the concert in Kemnay Church Hall in the afternoon. That’s if I don’t sleep in. I am tired tonight after all the driving,
so I should sleep well. As long as I
don’t fall asleep at Kemnay!
The
Edzell arch was built in 1887 in remembrance of the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie. The Countess died on the 24th November
1887; the Earl died (of a broken heart)
the next day. The Fettercairn arch
(1864) commemorates Queen Victoria and Prince Albert staying at the Ramsay
Hotel, Fettercairn.
