A Breath of Fresh Air

 

We spent a happy week in the fresh and bracing air of the Moray coast, very close to Gamrie Bay. Far out in the distance we spotted the spidery outline of an oil rig, and Nala had a wonderful time loping about the beach. Sheltered by such high cliffs, the beach was warm and pleasant and we ambled along wishing we had her energy.

It amazes me that some winter storm has not battered some of the houses into bits. They stand so close to the shore and the waves come right up to the sea wall in summer. What must they be like in winter?

The ruin of St John's church stand high on the cliff and there is a path up from the beach if you've the legs to make it!

Built in 1513, so they say. If the people of Gardenstown and Crovie used it, then they must have been fit. There is a lane down from the road, but that seemed a longer route. I'm ashamed to say we did neither! The village of Pennan is just beyond Crovie and they filmed parts of Local Hero there, or in Arisaig on the west coast.