bERRY HILLS

  • Gamrie excursion

    This excursion was great fun and the august representatives of the heritage group were blessed with fine weather as we travelled about the countryside merrily in a convoy of three cars.

  • Bloomin pheasants

    I guess it’s all part and parcel of being a free zone that you would end up with refugee pheasants. It reminds me of my last place where they used to get stuck one of oen side of the gate, one on the other. They appear … they skulk around … they squawk. I do…

  • Thorax stone circle

    On my way home from Battle hill I was in a good mood so I thought I’d check Thorax stone circle out. Taking the turn-off from the B9023, I followed a track which it dawned on me was simply leading to Thorax Farm; having read online that the owners were friendly to stonehunters, I decided…

  • Ha’ Hillock

    Ha’ Hillock

    I’ve been meaning to check out this mound a while and today was the day. After long deliberations, I decided that the layby just by the bridge down from Nether Blairock farmhouse was ok to park in since it’s not a passing place. I def think about these things too much, but on the flipside…

  • Want

    Want

    Sometimes, you don’t know how much you need a thing in your life until you have been browsing the internets and you don’t even knowwhat you are researching any more and then you come across .. a piggy windvane

  • Battle hill, Huntly

    One of the things I love most about the magical part of Aberdeenshire around Huntly is that I am always stumbling across amazing ancient sites. After picking up a fbook marketplace item near the station, I thought I’d check out Battle hill, purely for the walk and then of course it turns out it is…

  • I love it round here! Part two

  • I love it round here!

    Amazing! And I do like that sign on Cullen golf club, even though the building itself is a monstrosity.

  • Findlater castle

    I have to say a visit to this ruin really cheered me up 🙂 It was raining when I parked and by the time I walked down to the coast it was sunny.

  • Milton of Rothiemay recumbent stone circle

    I have to admit to being slightly underwhelmed by this RSC. I think it was more the day itself, I was feeling stressed and the ruined nature of the RSC didn’t help. But that’s not to say visiting the stone circle didn’t have an impact. The recumbent is HUGE and has over 100 cupmarks. So…