The Van

The Van – Richard Broom Photography

The Uphill Slog

The Uphill Slog – Richard Broom Photography

The 35

The 35 – Richard Broom Photography

The Rocky Shore on a Stormy Day

The Rock Shore on a Stormy Day – Richard Broom Photography

The Other Sodding Tractor

Please see my previous post and then join me as I try to record the tranquil sounds of the River Deveron, near to Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It clearly isn’t my day for field recording! Today is a public holiday and I would expect any self-respecting farmers to take a day off. Not in Banff. So please enjoy the tranquil sounds of the River Deveron passing you by and the delightful sound of a f**king tractor pull a rake around a nearby field. Using my directional parabolic mic (DM), I can hear the sounds of tractors and other industrial noises several kilometres away.

The Other Sodding Tractor

The Other Sodding Tractor – Richard Broom Photography

The Hat and the Dog…

The Hat and the Dog – Richard Broom Photography

The Duff House Walk

Join me for a walk in the woods close to Duff House in Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The Duff House Walk – Richard Broom Photography
The Duff House Walk – Richard Broom Photography

The Stella Maris up on the slip…

I like looking at these wooden hull fishing boats…

The Stella Maris up on the slip – Richard Broom Photography

The Ocean Lee Arrives

The Ocean Lee Arrives

The Clean Bottom

You can’t beat having your bottom scraped…

The Clean Bottom – Richard Broom Photography

The boat with the hole in it…

The boat with the hole in it – Richard Broom Photography

The Shipyard at Night

The Shipyard at Night – Richard Broom Photography

The Ocean Reaper

The Ocean Reaper – Richard Broom Photography

The Trawler Departs…

The Trawler Departs – Richard Broom Photography

The View Over The Water…

More images of Portsoy here.

The View Over The Water – Richard Broom Photography

The Sharonelle BF 18

The Sharonelle BF 18 – Richard Broom Photography

The Just Reward

The Just Reward – Richard Broom Photography

The Boat on the Slip

The Boat on the Slip – Richard Broom Photography

The Voe Jarl Returns

The Voe Jarl is back in the harbour at Macduff

The Voe Jarl Returns – Richard Broom Photography

The List to Port

The List to Port – Richard Broom Photography

The Crane Engineer

The Crane Engineer – Richard Broom Photography

The Watchman

The Watchman – Richard Broom Photography

The Deep Ocean

The Deep Ocean – Richard Broom Photography

The Fisherman

The Fisherman – Richard Broom Photography

The Boat on the Slip

The Boat on the Slip – Richard Broom Photography

The Just Reward

A regular at Macduff Harbour

The Just Reward – Richard Broom Photography

The Trawler

The Trawler – Richard Broom Photography

The Little Toot

The Little Toot – Richard Broom Photography

The Cordelia-K’s Keep Door Closed Notice

The Cordelia-K’s Keep Door Closed Notice – Richard Broom Photography

The Fishing Nets

The Fishing Nets – Richard Broom Photography

The Fishing Vessel

The Fishing Vessel – Richard Broom Photography

The Fishing Boats in a Row

The Fishing Boats in a Row – Richard Broom Photography

The Boats in the Morning Sun

The Boats in the Morning Sun – Richard Broom Photography

The Rois Mhairi

The Rois Mhairi – Richard Broom Photography

The Susan Bird

The Susan Bird – Richard Broom Photography

The Harbour Café

The Harbour Café – Richard Broom Photography

The C-Fenna

A cross between a barge, a tug and a dive-support vessel. The C-Fenna is currently helping to connect offshore wind turbine cables to a shore station close to Banff, Scotland. The wind turbine are way out there in the Moray Firth.

The C-Fenna – Richard Broom Photography

The Sparkling Star

The Sparkling Star – Richard Broom Photography

The Telephone Box

…or the Blue Hour, whatever you wish it to be…

The Telephone Box – Richard Broom Photography

The Freshly Painted Bottom

You just can’t beat having a new coat of paint on your bottom…

The Freshly Painted Bottom – Richard Broom Photography

The Boat in the Sunset

The Boat in the Sunset – Richard Broom Photography

The Slip is Open!

The Slipway at Macduff is open again…

The Slip is Open! – Richard Broom Photography

The stormy skies over Macduff

The stormy skies over Macduff – Richard Broom Photography

The Teddie Boy, Beached

The Teddie Boy, Beached – Richard Broom Photography

The Ocean Way at Sunset

The Ocean Way at Sunset BF 878 – Richard Broom Photography

The Tiny Trawler

The Tiny Trawler – Richard Broom Photography

The late afternoon sail away…

The late afternoon sail away – Richard Broom Photography

The Engine Starter

The Nimble Departs

The Nimble Departs – Richard Broom Photography

The Action End…

The action end of a modern trawler…

The Action End – Richard Broom Photography

The Friendly Isle Departs

The Friendly Isle departs Macduff Harbour

The Friendly Isle Departs – Richard Broom Photography

The Sun Worshipper

The Sun Worshipper – Richard Broom Photography

The Bollard and the Knots

The Bollard and the Knots – Richard Broom Photography

The Sunset From Portsoy

If you look carefully, you can see, on the horizon, the mountains on the other side of the Moray Firth – and the odd boat! Read about Portsoy here.

The Sunset From Portsoy – Richard Broom Photography

The Empty Harbour

It’s all very quiet at Macduff Harbour today…

The Empty Harbour – Richard Broom Photography

The RIB

The RIB – Richard Broom Photography

The Threesome

The Threesome – Richard Broom Photography

The Tiny Boat

The Tiny Boat – Richard Broom Photography

The Quay-Walkers

The Quay-Walkers – Richard Broom Photography

The Colourful Creels

I’m trying to break my seriously bad monochrome habit!

The Colourful Creels – Richard Broom Photography

The Christine-C

One of my favourite work boats…

The Christine-C – Richard Broom Photography

The Monochromatic Mess of Creels…

The Monochromatic Mess of Creels – Richard Broom Photography

The Voe Jarl at dawn this morning

The Voe Jarl at dawn this morning – Richard Broom Photography

The Shekinah at dawn this morning

The Shekhina, sitting on the bottom at MacDuff Harbour leans over in the early morning sunshine.

The Shekinah at dawn this morning – Richard Broom Photography

The Voe Jarl Returns…

We thought the Voe Jarl had left for foreign shores but, here she is, back in MacDuff again

The Voe Jarl Returns – Richard Broom Photography

The Piscatio

The Piscatio – Richard Broom Photography

The Pontoon

The Pontoon – Richard Broom Photography

The Lady Painter

The Lady Painter – Richard Broom Photography

The Little Orange Chap…

This interesting little boat came into MacDuff Harbour this morning…

The Little Orange Chap – Richard Broom Photography

The Happy Crewman

The Happy Crewman – Richard Broom Photography

The Chance Inward Bound For MacDuff

Or, as we used to say in the days when merchant ships carried Radio Officers – QTP MacDuff (in Morse code of course).

The Chance Inward Bound For MacDuff – Richard Broom Photography

The Stormy Skies Over MacDuff Harbour

The Stormy Skies Over MacDuff Harbour – Richard Broom Photography

The Tiny Boat

The Tiny Boat – Richard Broom Photography

The Back of the Boat

The Back of the Boat – Richard Broom Photography

The Lonely Boat

High and dry……

The Lonely Boat – Richard Broom Photography

The Other Rusty Gizmo

The Other Rusty Gizmo – Richard Broom Photography

The Little Boat

The Little Boat – Richard Broom Photography

The Ebonnie (a long way from home)

The Ebonnie (a long way from home) – Richard Broom Photography

The Rusty Gizmo

I have no idea what it is but it has seen better days (a bit like me really!)

The Rusty Gizmo – Richard Broom Photography

The Thin Edge of the Wedge

The Thin Edge of the Wedge – Richard Broom Photography

The Hole Series (6) – the new and not yet installed deadlight…

(AKA a port hole)

The Hole Series (6) – the new and not yet installed deadlight – Richard Broom Photography

The New Starboard Winch

The New Starboard Winch – Richard Broom Photography

The High Rollers

The High Rollers – Richard Broom Photography

The Rock-Hoppers

In case you are wondering, these ‘wheels’ stop a fishing boat’s trawl net getting caught on rocks on the sea bed.

The Rock-Hoppers – Richard Broom Photography

The Chance Heads Out…

The Chance Heads Out – Richard Broom Photography

The Ex-Tree

Now a nice home for insects and, unfortunately for the insects, a feeding station for woodpeckers…

The Ex-Tree – Richard Broom Photography

The Storm Over Banff…

The Storm Over Banff – Richard Broom PhotographyThe Storm Over Banff – Richard Broom Photography

The Snow Storm in May…

Snow in May? Who would have believed it?

The Snow Storm in May – Richard Broom Photography

The Nimrod Returns

The Nimrod Returns – Richard Broom Photography

The Lifting Tackle

The Lifting Tackle – Richard Broom Photography

The Chains

The Chains – Richard Broom Photography

The Crane Operator

Cranes, these days, controlled from a radio-control box. Clever stuff!

The Crane Operator – Richard Broom Photography

The Rusty Crank

Don’t forget to lubricate your parts…

The Rusty Crank – Richard Broom Photography

The Rock Pool Diaries (4) – The spinach seaweed…

Again, this seaweed probably has a proper name…but it looks like spinach to me!

The Rock Pool Diaries (4) – The spinach seaweed – Richard Broom Photography

The Rock Pool Diaries (3) – The tagliatelle seaweed…

It probably has a proper name but it looks like tagliatelle to me!

The Rock Pool Diaries (3) – The tagliatelle seaweed – Richard Broom Photography

The Walk on the Beach

The Walk on the Beach – Richard Broom Photography

The Rock Pool Diaries (2) – The colourful rocks…

Colorful if you’re in the US! Rocks in the bottom of rock pools here in Banff, Scotland. Wonderful colours and plenty of sea snails hiding between the rocks.

The Rock Pool Diaries (2) – The colourful rocks – Richard Broom Photography

The Rock Pool Diaries (1) – The Moonscape!

It looks like the surface of the moon but I think (but don’t know) that these little critters who live on the rocks down on the beach are barnacles. Somebody will, I’m sure, correct me if I am wrong.

The Rock Pool Diaries (1) – The Moonscape! – Richard Broom Photography
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