Most Sundays of the year I travel to Montrose where I am part time minister in the Baptist Church.
Down the coast road are several towns and villages - Stonehaven, Caterline, Inverbervie, Gourdon, Johnshaven, St Cyrus and then Montrose.
The weather dictates the scenery. From the road above Gourdon one Sunday, the sea loomed large over the houses. The zoom foreshortens the distance, but the sea was big, at times pouring over the harbour wall, and I guess the path between Gourdon and Bervie would have been a spectacular walk at full tide.
For generations people have lived that close to the elemental power and occasional rage of the sea. In years past Gourdon was a flourishing fishing village and still has a robust well maintained harbour, and small lobster boats operate from there every day. And on the harbour one of the best fish restaurants in the country, The Quay. People travel for miles to eat there, keeping fish as a continuing commercial interest in the life of the village. They do the usual, and occasionally the unusual - like a smoked haddock supper!
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