Pittulie: Making winter hay whilst the sun shone.

Another beautiful, clear January morning 1.5c in Pittulie at 10 a.m,  finger nipping cold, there was a frost and icy patches on the road. The weather forecast for the next few days may only be described as dire so we decided to make the most of the morning. As we walked sky was almost cloudless resulting in an almost unbelievably blue sea, when a small whiteness of swans trumpeted their way across the sky the sun caught their wings. We walked up the Smiddy Brae from Pittulie, turning right to pass Craigmire and Craigiebanks before walking down the road to Broomhills to return along the shore road.

Broomhills Cottages quite unremarkable except in that they are so quintessentially typical of rows of North East cottar houses and always remind Grey Granite of the setting for Jessie Kesson's novel, 'Another Time, Another Place'.

Pittulie Castle with Rosehearty beyond, the sunlight seems to foreshorten the distance from the castle to the houses. Landmarks in the background are on the left the white bulk of the new school, and the white R.A.F Tower to the left of the castle.