The Lighthouse and the Big Sky
The lighthouse at MacDuff Harbour.
Posts from the ‘Architecture’ category
The Warehouse
The Little Houses Made of Ticky Tacky…
The Windmill
The Old School
They just don’t build them like they used to…
The Sea State in Banff…
A little windy today and yesterday…
The Test of Time
Houses in Scotland….built to last. The Romans couldn’t take on Scotland and win and nor, it seems, can the weather. This house as solid as a rock (well, more than a few rocks in fact).
The BIG Question
The Secret Society
I can’t help thinking that the Masons are, in some way, linked to Harry Potter! My father was a mason. He kept all his wizardry tools in a little brown leather suitcase and we were never allowed to see what was stored away in his secret suitcase….sandwiches and a magic wand perhaps? If I turn into a toad after posting this, you’ll know why!
The meaning of ‘GR’
If you visit the United Kingdom and see a post box (like the one below) with ‘GR’ on the front, this means that the postbox was installed during the reign of King George V (1910-1936). In those days we British folk used to build thing that would last for a long time. The ‘G’ stands for George of course and the ‘R’ stands for Rex (Latin for King).
The post box below is still very much in service and it is located near to Banff High Street and long may it remain there. Let’s hope this post box and many other things can survive the complete pillock who is currently living at No 10 Downing Street.
The ‘out of puff’ street…
Bounding up this street in Banff with vigour is out of the question these days. A slow, up-hill crawl, in low gear, with frequent rest stops is a better strategy and the ‘slo-mo’ approach is easier on the creaky old knees! Going ‘down the way’ (as they say here in Scotland) is much easier.
The Harbour (2)
The Coastal Defences (2)
It takes more a little more than a King Canute type approach to hold back the tides and the sometime furious seas here in Banff, Scotland. Ironically, we have a number of politicians about us these days who think they have supernatural powers – but, it turns out, like Canute – they do not!! It is quiet clear (especially from the image below) that, thankfully, our coastal defences are more effective and in much better shape than the grubby crop of duplicitous politicians we have to put up with these days…
The Pipe
The Beach Houses
The house on the hill…
Dawn breaking over Banff, Scotland. Moody sky this morning
The Way Out…
The Town Hall
The Chandlery
The New Overshadowing the Old
It often happens…
The Man in the Tunnel
The Bare Naked Lady
We’re still on the move but slowly heading north now……..where was this image taken?
The Street Scene
Lincoln in the United Kingdom (not so united at the moment!!!).
The Door (8)
More doors here – door 1, door 2, door 3, door 4, door 5, door 6, door 7.
The Amsterdam Streets (2)
