The Ship in the Mist
Posts from the ‘Scotland’ category
The Beach Walker
The New (Unidentified) Chicken
We saw a new type of chicken today whilst we were walking the dog on the beach. We know it is a chicken but we’re wondering what kind of chicken it is…
The Lighthouse (Ver 2)
The BF9 – A Banff, Scotland Based Fishing Vessel
British fishing vessels have a name and a registration number. BF = Banff, Scotland and the registration number 9.
The Crystal Sea
See a larger version of the image here.
The MacDuff Harbour Slip at Night
The Sidewinder
One of the older style of trawler (not many left now)
The Harbour at Night
MacDuff Harbour during the night
The Inner Harbour, MacDuff
The Bulbous Forefoot
The Bulbous Forefoot or, Bulbous Bow, greatly increases fuel efficiency and the fins help with stability. More about this technology (an American invention) here. The ‘snoot’ shown below belongs to a trawler but most ships are built with bulbous bows these days.
The Stairway
The Long-Lived Farmer
The farmer lived to a ripe old age but his grandchildren were not so fortunate. 1861 was clearly a bad year (Flu? TB?) The United Kingdom delivered the Industrial Revolution (1820-1840) but if you were poor at that time, then there was virtually no healthcare – frightening statistics here.
The View Across the Loch
The Saddest of Sad Stories
The cemetery at Marykirk Scotland had more than a few gravestones which tells a very sad story about child mortality in the 1800s. The records will show that many children died in the first few days, weeks and months of their lives. It must have been heartbreaking for the parents. Where would we be without modern medicine.
The Gravestone reads:
Erected by
Alexander Young
Engineer in Bombay and
ElizabethScott
His wife
In the memory of their children
Elizabeth Ann
Who died at Arbroat
21st September 1859
Aged 3 years
James
Who died at Bombay
13 August 1863
Aged 10 days
John Scott
who died at Bombay
13 April 1865
Aged 1 year and 7 month
Alexandria
Who died at Arbroath
4 October 1867
Aged 8 days
The Stick Wrangler
Katy wrangles a stick in a loch in the Scottish Highlands.
The Grim Reaper is coming!
You can run but you can’t hide. A gravestone we saw at Marykirk in Scotland. Could the warning be any clearer!? The end is nigh!!!
The Harbour
A spot of fisheye lens action at Banff Harbour
The Eternal Light
The Mess of Sea Chickens
The Slippery Slope
It’s all down hill from here…
The Harbourside
The Mess of Creels
The Temporary Neighbour
The view from our house…
The Street
A street in MacDuff, Scotland
