Kincardine and Mearns
The historic county, also known as Kincardineshire, is centred on the lovely harbour town of Stonehaven and runs south to the North Esk at whose mouth you’ll find the Sands and nature reserve of...
Category: Aberdeenshire
Religion and worship
Visitors to Scotland are sometimes surprised by the number of churches that have been repurposed to anything from a museum or visitors centre to a library, climbing wall or even a pub/nightclub. Sometimes in...
Garioch and Formartine
This is the second in a series of post about Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire. Centred roughly on Inverurie and extending to Old Meldrum, home of the Glen Garioch Distrillery, further east to the major attractions of Haddo...
Amande’s Bed
John Aberdein 1956: the nation is reeling with daft Yankee ideas, resistant ‘pinkos’, sex, atoms – and fish. In a country yet to decide the nature of its history, what is the future of...
North and north east Scotland Round-up
This post covers the area from Inverness and the Moray Firth all the way down to the Firth of Forth. There is a huge variety here: the Highland Fault line runs from Stonehaven just south of...
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