Gardenstown and Crovie (pronounced "crivvie") are due north of Aberdeen,
on what is really the north shore of the Aberdeenshire peninsula, and we
drove up to take the walk along the shore, which meme and Brad said was
worth seeing.. We started out at the end of the precipitous road, in Gardenstown,
which is a quite lovely town
spilling down the steep shore
toward the sea. The way to Crovie, though,
was a bit
daunting
,
not least because of the rain. This is Crovie --
a line of houses at the shore and below the cliffs. The whole town is
about 40 feet wide
--
in a storm, it must be unimaginable. Having walked the length of it we
turned back
on the threateningly
signed
path, which must
be impassable at high tide,
and wended our way
through
Gardenstown,
and back
to the car. There's a fair bit more on Crovie here, on the "Undiscovered Scotland" site. I guess we discovered it.