The forecast was not good for Sunday and we joined the several other boats in Whitehills waiting for better weather in order to make the next leg down the East Coast – or more precisely along the northern coast of Grampian before turning south to Peterhead. Despite the forecast, it was sunny and moderate winds such that by mid afternoon, after a walk along the foreshore, I almost suggested an evening sail to Peterhead. Then the wind came; howling in the rigging, the boat heeling over and rocking about in the inner harbour with mooring lines doubled. A bouncy few hours!
Walking along the coast from Whitehills present harbour, is the site of a brick and clay ware factory which was started in the 18th century and finally closed in the mid 20th century. It is the site of the first harbour at Whitehills where the coal and lime was brought in for the factory and finished goods taken out. Today it is part of the foreshore at a large caravan site. It looks about big enough to take a modest rowing boat – I would not like to have to take Alcyone into the harbour.
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