The Beautiful Evening
A wonderful sunny afternoon in Banff, Aberdeenshire
Posts tagged ‘Banff’
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 Sodding Tractor!!!
Join me as I try to record the sound of birds today. It is public holiday here today in Scotland. There is no wind. It would have been a perfect day to record bird sounds in the woods near to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff_HouseDuff House in Banff, Aberdeenshire. Wonderful bird sounds but oh my, the noise of a f**king tractor on Banff Golf Course provided unwanted background noise to the recording of the birds who were really going for it in the woods today. Pah!
The Duff House Walk
Join me for a walk in the woods close to Duff House in Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
The Girl in the Red Coat…
We’re firmly back in Scotland!
The Stella Maris up on the slip…
I like looking at these wooden hull fishing boats…
The Ocean Lee Arrives
The Clean Bottom
You can’t beat having your bottom scraped…
The boat with the hole in it…
The Tiny Trawler
The Rope Catcher
The Trawler Departs…
The View Over The Water…
More images of Portsoy here.
The Sharonelle BF 18
The Just Reward
The Prosperity
The Boat on the Slip
The Voe Jarl Returns
The Voe Jarl is back in the harbour at Macduff
The Voe Jarl Returns – Richard Broom Photography
The Lass O’Doune
The List to Port
The Crane Engineer
The Watchman
The Deep Ocean
The Fisherman
The Boat on the Slip
The Just Reward
A regular at Macduff Harbour
The Trawler
The Little Toot
The Cordelia-K’s Keep Door Closed Notice
The Fishing Nets
The Fishing Vessel
The Fishing Boats in a Row
The Boats in the Morning Sun
The Susan Bird
The Harbour Café
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 Sparkling Star
The Telephone Box
…or the Blue Hour, whatever you wish it to be…
The Splash of Orange
The Freshly Painted Bottom
You just can’t beat having a new coat of paint on your bottom…
The Boat in the Sunset
The Slip is Open!
The Slipway at Macduff is open again…
The stormy skies over Macduff
The Teddie Boy, Beached
The Ocean Way at Sunset
The Tiny Trawler
The late afternoon sail away…
The Harbour, Portsoy
The Boat and the Sun
The Engine Starter
The Nimble Departs
The Action End…
The action end of a modern trawler…
The Friendly Isle Departs
The Friendly Isle departs Macduff Harbour
The Nimble Fisherman
The Harbour Entrance (Banff, Scotland)
The Sun Worshipper
The Bollard and the Knots
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 Empty Harbour
It’s all very quiet at Macduff Harbour today…
The RIB
The Threesome
The Tiny Boat
The Quay-Walkers
The Christine-C
One of my favourite work boats…
The Monochromatic Mess of Creels…
The Voe Jarl at dawn this morning
The Shekinah at dawn this morning
The Shekhina, sitting on the bottom at MacDuff Harbour leans over in the early morning sunshine.
The Voe Jarl Returns…
We thought the Voe Jarl had left for foreign shores but, here she is, back in MacDuff again
The Piscatio
The Mess of Creels
The Pontoon
The Little Orange Chap…
This interesting little boat came into MacDuff Harbour this morning…
The Happy Crewman
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 Tiny Boat
The Back of the Boat
The Lonely Boat
High and dry……
The Other Rusty Gizmo
The Little Boat
The Ebonnie (a long way from home)
The Rusty Gizmo
I have no idea what it is but it has seen better days (a bit like me really!)
The Thin Edge of the Wedge
The Hole Series (6) – the new and not yet installed deadlight…
(AKA a port hole)
The New Starboard Winch
The High Rollers
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 Chance Heads Out…
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 Stream
Water from the stream always tastes better…
The Storm Over Banff…
The Snow Storm in May…
Snow in May? Who would have believed it?
The Nimrod Returns
The Lifting Tackle
The Chains
The Rusty Crank
Don’t forget to lubricate your parts…
The Houses on the Clifftop
The Rock Pool Diaries (5): The rock pools at low water…
Probably the best time to visit the beach. When the tide is out, all is revealed!
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 (3) – The tagliatelle seaweed…
It probably has a proper name but it looks like tagliatelle to me!
The Walk on the Beach
Richard Broom Photography 