{"id":171,"date":"2013-03-12T13:16:44","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T13:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=171"},"modified":"2013-03-12T13:23:15","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T13:23:15","slug":"a-walk-on-he-banks-of-the-water-of-cruden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"A walk on the banks of the Water of Cruden"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Pinkfooted<\/a>
Pink-footed geese over the Water of Cruden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When you have a little dog with short legs you become sensitive to mud when you are out for a walk.\u00a0 For much of this winter the field beside Park View has just been too muddy for walking with Lily.\u00a0 And the thought of going any further down the Water of Cruden was not even on the agenda.\u00a0\u00a0 Until Monday, that is.\u00a0\u00a0 A shower of snow the night before and a hard frost made a longer expedition possible.<\/p>\n

As we made our way along the banks of the burn a big skene of Pink-footed Geese flew over.\u00a0 I always enjoy seeing and hearing geese in flight or feeding in the fields.\u00a0\u00a0 I suppose before long they will be making their way back north again.<\/p>\n

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Wind turbine at Uppermill Farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of my grandsons is fascinated by wind turbines.\u00a0 He knows every\u00a0 single one on the road between Aberdeen and Hatton.\u00a0 He always spots the “Hatton windmill” as he calls it, and knows he is nearly at “Granny’s House”.\u00a0 So I thought I had better have a closer look at the turbine which has sprouted up at Uppermill Farm.\u00a0\u00a0 I wonder how my grandson will react when the windfarm at Hill of Braco<\/a> arrives.\u00a0 He has a very different reaction to wind turbines\u00a0 to Mr Trump.<\/p>\n

Has this been an especially good year for snowdrops?\u00a0 Or is it that I am just noticing them?\u00a0 All along the banks of the Water of Cruden you can see them growing wild in little clumps.\u00a0\u00a0 One place they are particularly spectacular is at Nethermill on the road to Cruden Bay.<\/p>\n

\"Snowdrops<\/a>
Snowdrops growing wild on the banks of the Water of Cruden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I have been watching them growing on the banks of the burn in the garden of Burnbank, waiting for the light to be right. Every time I cross the bridge I look down and admire them.\u00a0 I am very grateful to Glenys and Philip for letting me take some pictures there\u00a0 Incidentally they told me that their house used to be a Bank (hence the name) and latterly was the work place of two seemstresses.\u00a0 No doubt older Hatton people will remember that.\u00a0 Whatever, they have a lovely wild garden beside the burn, even though they suffered quite badly with the floods before Christmas.<\/p>\n

\"In<\/a>
In the garden of Burnbank, Hatton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is always something to see on the banks of the Water of Cruden.\u00a0 And by the way, Lily got home without too much mud on her tummy!<\/p>\n

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On the banks of the Water of Cruden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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