{"id":2739,"date":"2016-07-05T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2739"},"modified":"2016-07-05T09:00:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T08:00:29","slug":"out-of-the-mist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2739","title":{"rendered":"Out of the mist"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Would it rain or would it not?\u00a0 Whatever, the dogs needed a walk so I stopped the car in the tiny carpark beside the Longhaven Cliffs and we headed down over the old railway line onto the cliff top.\u00a0\u00a0Despite the persistent drizzle, I had taken my camera with me, carrying it pointing in downwards to protect the lens. It was then that I saw the boat emerging from the mist, heading towards Peterhead.<\/p>\n

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\nSoon the drizzle dried up a bit and there was an unusual bright, hazy light. I tried a picture of my favourite lighthouse (Buchanness) when I saw a little boat heading towards it. Unfortunately the picture is not quite sharp enough. Camera shake, I suspect as I tried quickly to snap the picture when the boat was in the right position, but at the same time doing it too quickly to stop rain getting onto the lens. I will have to try again on another day.<\/p>\n

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\nThe flat grassy area on the cliff top looks different now. Gone is the carpet of Thrift; the grass is much longer and the heather is now coming out as the weeks roll on.<\/p>\n

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While I was taking these pictures a common gull was circling above, complaining at our presence in his domain.<\/p>\n

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\nMary sat quietly in the car watching the sea, and crocheting while the dogs and I went on our little expedition.<\/p>\n

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