It was a lovely afternoon in Strichen Community Park.  Mary and I took the dogs for a walk and made our way up to the Strichen Stone Circle.  There was a gentle breeze blowing and we had a clear view all round from the little hill on which the circle stands.

That evening I did a little research on the circle and discovered that James Boswell and Dr Johnston  visited here in the 1770s and referred to it as a “Druid’s Temple”.  Boswell noted that only the recumbent stone with its two flankers were then visible.  Over the years the circle has had a checkered history:  once cleared away, now thankfully restored.