{"id":3498,"date":"2017-03-03T19:13:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T19:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=3498"},"modified":"2017-03-03T19:13:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T19:13:00","slug":"on-the-cliff-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=3498","title":{"rendered":"On the cliff top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"On the cliff top\" 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\/2017\/03\/DSCF3004-Edit.jpg\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=3498\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"color\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p>In a few weeks time the cliff tops at Longhaven will be a blaze of colour as the Thrift and the Red Campion come into bloom.\u00a0 No flowers today, though, just a bright blue sea and sky.\u00a0 Just a hundred yards or so from the busy A90 Peterhead road and you are in a different world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3004-Edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3501\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3004-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3004-Edit.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3004-Edit-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3004-Edit-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3004-Edit-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The dogs loved it, freedom to roam and explore.\u00a0 I took the opportunity to practice the sit, stay manoeuvre with them and they seemed to get the message, though they did misinterpret it when I put my camera up to my face&#8230;surely that was the sign to\u00a0run to me\u00a0and get a treat?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3505\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3015.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3015-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3015-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3015-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There may have been no flowers out today, but there is a whole row of fence posts with some spectacular lichen.\u00a0 The sharp eyed among you will perhaps notice traces of lorries and cars passing by, along the horizon.\u00a0 It shows how close\u00a0 this nature reserve is to the\u00a0the main road.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3503\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3008.jpg 667w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3008-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3008-624x936.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have marked down a place to come back for a photograph.\u00a0 I noticed a clump of daffodils appearing on the cliff top just above a spectacular cove below.\u00a0 In a wee while they will be in bloom and all I have to do is wait for the sunshine, and make sure that I visit about the middle of the day when the sun will be in the right place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3504\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3011.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3011-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3011-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DSCF3011-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" 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