Crovie by jamibann

Crovie

After visiting Elgin's Cathedral on Friday morning, I headed east to visit some of the cute coastal villages. This is Crovie, pronounced 'Crivvy'. No cars allowed down in the village - there is a residents' car park higher up the cliff and a visitors' car park even higher up. There is nothing down on the sea front except houses and washing lines. I believe that most of these houses are now holiday homes as it would be a very impractical place to live here these days. But it's beautiful. From Crovie I walked around to Troup Head, an RSPB nature reserve where I was able to watch gannets and various other seabirds nesting. A beautiful area and I was fortunate to visit on a lovely day with little wind.
A great capture of this beautiful little village, I love the hill ablaze with yellow vegetation.

It sounds as if you chose a perfect day and had a great time.
May 14th, 2023  
A lovely capture looks wonderful
May 14th, 2023  
Just look at the gorse up the hill! I do notice this as it is such a pest in our Otago region!
May 14th, 2023  
How lovely to see that unspoilt village….. I hope it stays that way plus I love washing lines! How nice it it to have a day to yourself too now & again!
May 14th, 2023  
is that all completely washed out on the left?
May 14th, 2023  
@happypat I took two days out and thoroughly enjoyed them! I love washing lines too - I got some actual washing later in Pennan. I'll post that another day.
May 14th, 2023  
Fabulous capture of the unspoiled
May 14th, 2023  
@maggiemae I don't know how our farmers view the gorse, but it is rampant (and quite beautiful) at the moment on this part of the N-E coast.
May 14th, 2023  
@koalagardens On the left is a small breakwater and the beach pebbles. The houses are all very close to the sea! You'll notice that a lot of the houses present their gable ends towards the sea, and you can see why!
May 14th, 2023  
Interesting looking village, very quaint..
May 14th, 2023  
What a lovely village. Looks very exposed to the elements should the sea be high in a storm!
May 14th, 2023  
Love your composition. I sometimes wished for a dictionary of Scottish pronunciation when visiting Clare!
May 14th, 2023  
I thought it was very interesting to see washing lines at the front of the house but then I noticed they have their backs to the sea (or sides at least) which, yes, is very close.
May 14th, 2023  
Great part to visit. Whatever the weather the atmosphere is amazing.
Glad you had a good trip 😊
May 14th, 2023  
Looks very special, love a gannet.
May 14th, 2023  
Sounds wonderful
May 14th, 2023  
It is cute indeed, fav
May 14th, 2023  
So picturesque!
May 14th, 2023  
Looks quite unspoilt doesn't it. You had a great day taking photos.
May 14th, 2023  
So inviting! I feel that I could live here indefinitely, just "being". This photo fills me with longing . . .
May 14th, 2023  
What a beautiful little village.
May 14th, 2023  
Very different village, so near the sea!!
May 14th, 2023  
Like this pov
May 14th, 2023  
How cool, that you made it to Crovie. Such a picturesque and interesting place, and we have such great memories.
May 14th, 2023  
What a picturesque place, lovely capture
May 14th, 2023  
A very pretty place and extremely close to the sea! I bet those old houses could tell a few stories.
May 14th, 2023  
What a lovely village and pov!
May 15th, 2023  
What a nice scene with the cottages nestled between the colorful hillside and rocky seacoast.
May 15th, 2023  
Wow it looks amazing issi . Love your narrative
May 15th, 2023  
Crovie sounds like a delightful village with so much character. I think I would love wandering around it too.
May 15th, 2023  
Wonderful shot-neat composition and such a charming place
May 15th, 2023  
@mona65 Finally, yes! John was away on a golfing weekend, and so I headed north for some photo time and some coastal walking. :-)
May 15th, 2023  
What a marvellous sense of history. Beautiful landscape.
May 15th, 2023  
It's amazing to think that once people lived a normal life here.
May 15th, 2023  
Good to know that places like this still exist.
May 17th, 2023  
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