Stronger than Time and Tide

Aberdeenshire e Banffshire

In the East of Scotland there is a stretch of coastline that lives than the North Sea can give him. With fishing, but also and especially with tourism attracted by the charm of small towns scattered across the world's most scenic coastline
When you think of Scotland the imaginary fly immediately to the endless wastes on which stone castles to recall the pride of an ancient people Unbowed There is, however, a part of the East Coast, identifiable in Aberdeenshire and Banffshire, which preserves in an exemplary manner the hallmarks of a land surrounded by the North Sea, from which to this day continues to draw their livelihood If Aberdeen has a sea exploited by modern rigs, many villages along the 200 kilometres of this coastline, held by National Geographic as one of the most panoramic views in the world, have remained inextricably linked to traditional Scottish fishing, not so much because it is still assiduously practiced, how perfect conservation of all 19th-century port The identity of these fishing villages, together with the beauty of the coves overlooked, is so peculiar that they have given rise to tourist routes Harbour Trail North and South Coastal Trail Crovie, 40 kilometres north of Aberdeen, is a picturesque village born in 1300 and miraculously survived the fury of nature Set on the sea, under a steep cliff, was founded by people expelled from the local landowner to make way for pastures and sheep began to prosper in the early 1800 's through fishing carried out with ben craft built 50 by 200 residents Crovie has a real port but only a pier near the shore, reflecting the initial period of the 19th century fishing on these shores In that period, in fact, used small sailboats, one or two trees not ventured far from the Mainland because it does not pontate and unstable weather conditions The severe storms of 1848 led to the introduction of boats equipped with heavier blanket, capable of facing the open sea and to increase your catch This type of boat, Sailboat, became the basis of the fishing fleet, in its different variants, and Zulu Fifie Skaffie and necessitated the transformation of real ports fixed The January 31, 1953 a terrible storm swept Crovie, but the village was demolished and now the whitewashed houses, aligned along the only pedestrian street of the village, watching the waves crash on the rocks in an unreal silence, suspending this delightful timeless country and daily routes ... follows