I took a wee trip to Cairnbulg. And also Inverallochy, as the two fishing villages are joined together. I drove myself, a major milestone in the healing process (see posts about illness here and here).
Cairnbulg Library
The library had some lovely signs up, written in the Doric, the Scots language as spoken in the northeast of Scotland. They were fairly simple, but I will translate under the pictures.
My favourite was the one that separated the adult books from the junior section.
There’s a vaguely Pictish feel to the statue outside the library.
The Beach
After perusing the books and signs, I drove down to the beach.
I had forgotten how beautiful the rugged and rocky nature of the coast at the bottom of the village was.
I just had to walk down onto the beach. Another ‘blue mind‘ moment!
Memorial
The memorial below commemorates all those who have been lost at sea from the community.
Haste Ye Back!
And lastly, probably needing no translation, but I will anyway, Haste Ye Back! To the blog as well as the library…
For more Doric sayings see the post Dancing Round Aberdeen in the Rain
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Love the pictures and the Doric signs. Glad your health is improving.
I’m glad you like them. And thank you!
Gorgeous pictures! So beautifully melancholy. Thanks for sharing. These make me wish I lived somewhere within sight of the sea.
I’m glad you like the pictures 🙂
Great photos really capture the aura of the place, including the statue, which DOES look Pictish.
It does, doesn’t it?
I love the pictures you took! I definitely want to visit now. And hello from the USA!
Hello 🙂 Glad you like the pictures!
Thank you, Ailish!
🙂
Love the language!
I am quite fond of it too 🙂
I am glad you are feeling better. I wondered why you started posting more. Is it because you’re better?
I’m still not able to do a great deal of physical activity, but am really enjoying writing of various kinds 🙂
I love the signs. The statue is so sad. I’m glad you were well enough to make the trip.
Thank you Darlene 🙂
Loving your Scotland photos – I am partly of Scots descent on my father’s side – i don’t know where from exactly, which is irritating, but hopefully I will find out one day – the other interesting thing is I also have significant Norse/Scandinavian DNA, which I believe is not uncommon in many people of Scots descent. I watched a recent BBC reel about how the Vikings never left Scotland and the culture is still everywhere if one looks.
Anyway, all the best to you.
Yes, there’s a lot of Viking blood here. And, thank you 🙂
I hope one day to be auld enough to read big fowks buiks.
Me too 🙂
Beauty photos. It makes me long to go back in Ireland. At Kilmore Quay there is simular statue memorializing those lost at sea.
Very sad 🙁
Certainly leaving with a smile!
Your sense of humour is wonderful – big fowks buiks will leave a lasting impression, for sure!
Glad you liked 🙂
The Sisters cover is so striking!
Thank you!
Love the ‘big folks books ‘ genius
It is rather 😀
The mixture of beach and rocks is really beautiful (we haven’t any rocks in Denmark, not at the beach).
So good to hear that your health is further improving.
Thank you Stella. I did not know that about Danish beaches.
We have lots of white sand and huge dunes though, not bad either … 😉
It sounds beautiful 🙂
Thank you for taking me with you to the library and the beach, Ailish! I enjoyed this entry. Love and light!
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Curious minds are asking, if known and can tell – – the communal washing line picture….the rocks on the path seem very coherently spaced, as if on purpose – done that way? Or just natural result of the winds, tides and rains nearby? I confess to zoning in on that and having about a 1,000 questions about it – is it a path?? LOL – – Love the signs at the library – in the world of librarires I once worked in for awhile, here, across the Great Blue from you? Signs and labels were a part of ‘making the library a community hub’ which means – makes sense to the locals it serves – 😀
There are stones embedded in concrete. I assume it’s for decoration as the stones make walking quite difficult. The rocks beyond are built up to protect the houses from the high tide.
Thank you!!!!!
Here in the middle of Germany, the “visit” to the North East toons with evocative language in the signs and the poignant statues mad my heart smile and of course brought on a wave of home-sickness.
I’m glad it made you smile 🙂