The Aultdrachty rauchle
Naebody mynds Aultdrachty noo, though lood it rattles still. Yet Aultdrachty’s watter wis’nae awas clear, an it hods a muckle saicret. Sae hearken, an hear the feech o’ the packman, … Continue reading The Aultdrachty rauchle
Tag: Aberdeenshire
Dunbuy
Dunbuy rock, with its distinctive natural arch, is to be found just beyond Cruden Bay on a promontory reaching out into the North Sea. As a medical student, after visiting … Continue reading Dunbuy
The Secret Garden
This film is a re-imagining of finding Newton Mausloeum. This mausoleum was built before 1809 [for Alexander Gordon whose family wealth came from trading slaves]. The Newton Mausoleum is beside … Continue reading The Secret Garden
“Consider the perfection of the infinite unseen”
The career, and it would seem the passion and love of Peter Gordon (1823-1885) ‘the gentle gardener’, began at Newton, Rayne, in Aberdeenshire. The ‘gentle gardener’ then traveled to Edinburgh … Continue reading “Consider the perfection of the infinite unseen”
EXIT music
This photograph is of a corridor that led out to a courtyard in the old hospital that I trained in. That hospital was Royal Cornhill in Aberdeen. I used to … Continue reading EXIT music
Anchor’d
What anchors you to the world you live in? This is a film about Bridgealehouse, Kintore, Aberdeenshire Anchor’d from omphalos
The only absolute non-stops
This film is about the road over the Capel o’ Mount in Scotland and a ruined Inn called Knowegreens. The Only Absolute Non-Stops from omphalos Music credits: (1) ‘Beyond the … Continue reading The only absolute non-stops
If I could start again
A film about Kingseat Hospital, Aberdeenshire (1904 -1995) where I was the very last Resident Doctor
Gripped by an intense desire for the present
Pitfour Estate near Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire:
Beat the drum, Fly the night, Catch a star
This is a poem I wrote just after my son Andrew was born. At the time we were living in remote Aberdeenshire and Hale-Bopp comet was in the night sky: … Continue reading Beat the drum, Fly the night, Catch a star
God With Us – Abergeldy (part 1)
Chapter 4 of ‘Deeside Tales’: Abergeldy has become a dear friend to me and perhaps in another life I would be fortunate enough to be its chatelaine. Yet that is … Continue reading God With Us – Abergeldy (part 1)