I’ve written before about the fabulous local produce of the North East of Scotland, particularly the Buchan area in Deveronvale is not McLaren Vale. Also about the quaint, vertiginous fishing villages: Pennan, Gardenstown, Cullen, Portsoy, Macduff, the bountiful farmlands and rolling hills. Additionally this part of Scotland has plentiful marine life: seals, dolphins, many types
Category: UK
Originally posted on Dr D in Oz:
Deveronvale is not McLaren Vale – but there are similarities… Banff Bay and Maslin Beach. Scotland in winter, South Australia in summer. Which is which? It’s about freezing in Deveronvale in the northeast of Scotland- about thirty degrees colder than South Australia at the moment. The towns of…
Summer in London is proving to be colder than Adelaide in winter. The main evidence of the season is the flowers- vibrant colours even under the grey skies, pockets of beauty sprinkled through the dense terraces of brick and mortar, whispering of a tranquility beyond the busy streets.


