{"id":205,"date":"2013-03-18T20:26:14","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T20:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=205"},"modified":"2013-03-19T09:45:42","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T09:45:42","slug":"the-bridges-of-cruden-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=205","title":{"rendered":"The Bridges of Cruden Country"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The collapsed bridge in Hatton has reminded me of how important bridges are to communities. History shows that places will often grow round river crossings. That is what happened in Brechin where I was brought up. Brechin has old mediaeval bridge<\/a> which allowed people to cross the River South Esk, and the Cathedral City of Brechin grew up as a consequence.<\/p>\n

I cross the Hatton bridge every morning to get my paper. The Water of Cruden is only a couple of minutes walk from my house. But if that bridge were not there…..?<\/p>\n

This set my mind running and I decided to do a little bit of research. I discovered that there are 19 bridges which cross the Water of Cruden as it flows roughly east to west across the 7\u00bd miles or so of the Parish of Cruden.
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