The
Aberdeen Coast
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Our host in
Aberdeen, Bren, drove us along the coast, showing us many
places we would never have found on our own. The day was gray
and blustery making the sea seem threatening even as we stood
well inshore watching the whitecaps roll in. Yet the impression
was one of beauty as well. One can easily understand why the
people of Aberdeen take such pride in their land.
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This is a public golf
course called King's Links, one of several in Aberdeen. It's not
just a name. The course is laid out on
"links-land" jutting out into the North Sea which is
just visible at center right.
At center left of the
photo is a "bit of the rough" for which Scottish courses
are famous. "No carts. No sprinklers. No condos. No pity....
Just golf."
The yellow spec at
lower right is a greens flag and the shape at center is a golfer.
(The temperature was in the high thirties that day and the wind
was gusting well over 25 mph.)
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Here we
have a view of the
North Sea, not far from the golf course, in a quiet moment. The North Sea is as moody
and often as ominous as this photo shows it. It is infamous among sailors
and fishermen for sudden violent squalls that come out of nowhere
and rogue waves said to be more than 100 feet high.
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Looking down the lane
toward the docks, these are some of the granite multifamily houses
in the village of Footdee. (Well, what else would you call a fishing
village near the Dee River?).
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These
fishermen's cottages in Footdee just begged to be photographed. We wondered that they were
so tiny and Bren explained that when these cottages were built
firewood was simply not available in the area and coal for heating had to
be brought in by ship from the south.
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