{"id":2244,"date":"2016-04-24T08:41:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T07:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2016-04-24T08:41:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T07:41:23","slug":"a-cold-day-on-aberdeen-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2244","title":{"rendered":"A cold day on Aberdeen Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"A cold day on Aberdeen Beach\" data-info-url=\"\" data-backend-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gft\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6160.jpg\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2244\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"color\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p>It was a cold day as I walked with the dogs along the sands on Aberdeen Beach.\u00a0\u00a0 Even in the height of summer, \u00a0Aberdeen Beach can be a cold place.\u00a0 It is had to believe now how in those far off days before cheap flights and package holidays to Spain, crowds of Glaswegians would flock to Aberdeen at the Glasgow Fair for the delights of the beach and the North Sea waves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6160.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2247\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2247\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6160.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6160\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6160.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6160-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6160-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6160-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6160-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6167.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2249\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2249\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6167.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6167\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6167.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6167-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6167-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6167-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6167-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today we had this stretch of the beach to ourselves and\u00a0 Poppy enjoyed a run at full speed, chasing birds like the rook which took off with a squawk of complaint.\u00a0 Lily&#8217;s complaint\u00a0of course was at the waves.\u00a0 She used to be afraid of the water, but now she delights in barking at the waves, a touch of a doggy King Canute, perhaps?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6165.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2248\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2248\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6165.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6165\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6165.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6165-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6165-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6165-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6165-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2250\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6174.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2250\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6174.jpg\" alt=\"You go first, Lily!\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6174.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6174-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6174-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6174-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6174-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You go first, Lily!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The waves were not high, but there was enough movement in the water to give some dramatic pictures.\u00a0\u00a0 The\u00a0groynes on the beach are a photographer&#8217;s delight, leading the eye out to sea and the oil supply boats waiting offshore.\u00a0 And Girdleness Lighthouse draws the eye.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6154.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2246\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2246\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6154.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6154\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6154.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6154-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6154-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6154-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6154-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6177.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2252\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2252\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_6177.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6177\" 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