{"id":2094,"date":"2016-04-02T08:56:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T07:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2016-04-02T09:02:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T08:02:25","slug":"development-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2094","title":{"rendered":"Development opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I came across\u00a0an article from 2009 <\/a>in the local Peterhead paper, the Buchan Observer, which reported that Peterhead Community Council was\u00a0investigating development opportunities for the Reform Tower which stands on top of the Meethill overlooking Peterhead Bay.\u00a0Improved access to the roof, perhaps a camera obscura and a webcam on the top, were among the suggestions being considered at that time.\u00a0 But not much seems to have come from that proposed scheme in the years since 2009.\u00a0\u00a0 It is a shame that you can not get to the top now.\u00a0 What a view you would have.<\/p>\n

But things were always thus.\u00a0 The observatory proposed for\u00a0the top was never completed when\u00a0the tower was first built.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Tower\u00a0was erected on the site of an ancient burial mound by local Whig Party supporter, George Mudie , the foundation stone being laid in 1832 to commemorate the passing of the Reform Act in Parliament which meant that Peterhead became a Parliamentary Burgh and along with the\u00a0Royal Burghs of Banff, Cullen, Elgin, Inverurie and Kintore became part of the Elgin Group, and entitled the area to one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons in London.<\/p>\n

The Tower is such a well know landmark of Peterhead, and I have been trying out various view-points to see if I can get a picture suitable for a future Peterhead calendar.\u00a0\u00a0 The pictures posted here are all “development opportunities” \u00a0too.\u00a0 None of them is quite right yet<\/p>\n

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I like this little tree, it adds interest to the foreground, but I think it will book better, later in the year when the leaves are out.<\/p>\n

\"2016-03-29<\/a><\/p>\n

Dogs often appear in the foreground of my pictures!\u00a0 Unfortunately Lily is facing away in this one.\u00a0\u00a0 Try again!\u00a0 (By the way, can you see the little tree that appeared in the first photograph?\u00a0 I had to unwind a black rubbish bag twisted round one of the branches before I took the picture.)<\/p>\n

\"IMG_5952\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Taken from the shore, behind the new prison.\u00a0\u00a0 Interesting, but I am not sure it would do for a calendar.<\/p>\n

\"2016-03-29<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"IMG_5935\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I quite like these pictures, with the tower soaring up.\u00a0\u00a0 But vertical pictures are no use for a calendar.<\/p>\n

While I was up at the tower I took a dramatic panorama picture of Peterhead Bay from Mackenzie Crescent.\u00a0This is the sort of view you\u00a0might get from the top of the Tower, over the houses now build on Towerhill which obscure the view from its base.\u00a0 It looks very strange with the circular distortion.\u00a0 If you click on the picture it should enlarge to give you a better view.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_5940-Pano\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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