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Portsoy (Scottish Gaelic: Port Saoidh) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The original name may come from Port Saoithe, meaning "saithe harbour". Saithe is a type of fish in the pollock family. Portsoy, located on the Moray Firth coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland is one of the areas oldest ports: rebuilt entirely of stone in 1692, much of it remains. Portsoy marble/serpentine is a green or red stone that was mined from a vein that runs through the hills to the west of the harbour. The stone was used in the construction of two chimney pieces in the Palace of Versailles and is still worked locally today, a range of products being on view in one of the warehouses overlooking the harbour.

Gardenstown lies eight miles east of Banff in Aberdeenshire in northeast Scotland and gets its name from Alexander Garden, who founded the fishing village in 1720. In 1875 the parish church was built separating it from the Gamrie parish in 1885. Built in 1513, the remains of the Church of St John the Evangelist are visible from most parts of Gardenstown up on the hill to its west. This church celebrates the defeat of the Danes in the Battle of the Bloody Pits in 1004. By the 1920s the area housed 250 fishermen and 50 fishing boats, this number declined largely over the years due to larger and more effective vessels being used from other ports. In 1953 the path between neighbouring Crovie and Gardenstown was washed away in a storm, along with sea defences and two houses.. In May 2007, a TV series titled The Baron was filmed in and around the village.

The fabled honesty box is a feature at many golf clubs in the Highlands and beyond. You put your green fee in an envelope and away you go! 🏃 No organisation, just turn up and play like old times 💯 #honestybox #garmouth #speyside #moraycoast #golfclub #garmouthandkingston #highlands #scotland #hame #staycation #scotland2022 #nofilter (at Garmouth and Kingston Golf Course) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg7qOutD7EO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Everyone is posting photos of the Bow Fiddle these days so here is a Kodachrome from my archives in the Spring of 1980. #BowFiddle #MorayCoast #geology #coastal #seastack #scotland #scotland_greatshots #scotlandlover #scotland_insta #scotlandexplore #schottland #travel #greatshotz #travelphotography #bowfiddlerock #portknockie #kodachrome #believeinfilm #thisfilmisdead #visitscotland #bestofscotland #seascape #seastacks #naturalarch #rockycoast #banffshire #filmphotography (at Bow Fiddle Rock, Portknockie, Scotland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNW58AYnBgb/?igshid=qzrqi36mjsjm

Finally good to get painting seascapes again, taken a bit too much time away recently. A question to you, how many of you get itchy when your away from your past time/ hobby/ jobs? . . . . . . #art #artwork #studio #artiststudio #artistatwork #artnerd #artistlife #paint #painting #oil #oilpaint #oilpaiting #seascape #inspiration #sea #ocean #morayfirth #moraycoast #scotland #scottishartist #contemporaryart #wip #inspiration #visitscotland #autumn #abstract #rachaelhorsburgh #morvanmacewan #scottishart