{"id":3336,"date":"2017-03-25T20:14:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T20:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/?page_id=3336"},"modified":"2024-04-05T18:16:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T18:16:30","slug":"scooter-to-cromarty-17","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/?page_id=3336","title":{"rendered":"Scooter to Cromarty 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">A Wee Scooter Adventure to Cromarty<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">25<sup>th<\/sup> March 2017<\/span><br \/><br \/>\r\n\r\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/leafletjs\/leaflet.css\" \/>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/leafletjs\/leaflet.js\"><\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/leafletjs\/GPX.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"map\" style=\"width: 80%; height: 500px; margin: auto; z-index: 2;\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n<script>\r\nvar map = new L.Map('map', {center: new L.LatLng(57.607,-4.213), zoom: 10});\r\nvar osm = new L.TileLayer('http:\/\/{s}.tile.opentopomap.org\/{z}\/{x}\/{y}.png', {attribution: 'Map data &copy; <a href=\"http:\/\/opentopomap.org\">OpenTopoMap<\/a>', maxZoom: 18});\r\nvar track = new L.GPX(\"\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/2017-03-25_cromarty.gpx\", {async: true, color: 'red', opacity: 0.8, weight: 3});\r\nmap.addLayer(track);\r\nmap.addLayer(osm);\r\nmap.addControl(new L.Control.Layers({}, {'GPX':track}));\r\nmap.addControl(new L.control.scale({metric: false}));\r\n<\/script> <br \/>\r\n\r\nI had to get\u00a0out on my wee scooter. I&#8217;ve used it a few times this year and its great to be back on it again. Today was just a stunning day\u00a0and its still March. I would have gone further but hope to go with Bill on a trip next week.<br \/><br \/>I headed through Evanton up the Cromarty Firth to the bridge over to the Black Isle. As soon as I was over the bridge I headed left up Findon Brae and the along the Black Isle. I reached the war memorial at Alnessferry,\u00a0now\u00a0a mess with the new school, and turned down to Resolis Church. <br \/><br \/>It&#8217;s a lovely wee building. My grandfather was minister here. We would come every holiday to Newhall and worshiped here each Sunday. I have such lovely memories of the people in the congregation; Hector Grigor and his father Kenneth Grigor presenting; Dunc Macpherson and Kenny Davy behind us; Alistair Forbes and family across from us. They were such decent people.\u00a0My grandfather died before I was born and the minister after him was Murdo Campbell . My memories as a boy is that services were\u00a0long. I used to watch the tree in the manse garden out of the diamond leaded window to the left of the pulpit blow in the wind\u00a0and saw in it\u00a0a witches head.<br \/><br \/>But the church has been gutted inside. The old family pew has gone. This is what supposed progress does. Our amazing historic old churches are stripped of the old pews and have them replaced\u00a0with\u00a0plastic seats and a bit of carpet. I would say its a form of vandalism. I was at a funeral here a couple of years ago and a hymn was sung. What would my grandfather think?<br \/><br \/>In this photo the church is showing down the hill. Another great character lived at the bottom of this hill, to the right &#8211; Willy Thompson. He lived at Springfield. He wasn&#8217;t a church man, though.<br \/><br \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01391-20170325-1316.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>Its Spring\u00a0and\u00a0I love the whins.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01392-20170325-1316.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>The church. That&#8217;s the door we went in by.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01393-20170325-1318.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>This door went in to a wee hall.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01394-20170325-1318.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>The manse\u00a0&#8211; both my mum and my uncle Hector were born here. Its now a private house.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01395-20170325-1319.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>Its still not summer &#8211; Ben Wyvis has a lot of snow on it. Taken from the same spot as above.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01396-20170325-1319.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>Then I headed past Newmills to Newhall. My granduncle farmed Newhall Mains and my granny lived with him after she was widowed. We spent every holiday there after we moved to Glasgow and it was like coming to Paradise. I just loved the place. As I got older I worked with Alick on his farm and just so enjoyed it. In many ways I would have liked to have been a farmer but I became a Chemistry teacher. I suppose its still working with animals!<br \/><br \/>I found this visit hard.\u00a0The old cart shed has been converted into a private house. It has been beautifully done and I suppose its good that the building doesn&#8217;t continue to deteriorate, but it is all changed. We used to jump off the top of these side steps as children. There was an old walled garden just behind the cart shed but its gone. We used to explore in it, especially round the old greenhouses. It is just so sad to see. My old heart is breaking.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01397-20170325-1323.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>The &#8220;Square&#8221; across from it is different, too. All the internal building that Alick and his father did is gone. All the cattle stalls and folds are away\u00a0&#8211; where we watched Alick hand milk the dairy cow\u00a0is\u00a0gone.<br \/><br \/>The &#8220;Square&#8221;.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01398-20170325-1323.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>You can see from this Google Satellite image why the name &#8211; &#8220;Square&#8221;.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/square_above.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/><br \/>\r\n\r\nThis was Geordie&#8217;s house, now its\u00a0derelict. Geordie was such a nice man. It housed\u00a0several farm labourer&#8217;s prior\u00a0Geordie living there. Even before that\u00a0the family originally lived here and Alick was born here.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01399-20170325-1324.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01400-20170325-1324.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>This was the farmhouse in our and my mum&#8217;s time &#8211; &#8216;Burnside&#8217;. All the outbuildings &#8211; the hen house, the dog&#8217;s byre, the garage and the washhouse &#8211; have been\u00a0converted to homes. Its all so different. I never thought when I was young that the day would come when I just couldn&#8217;t walk in. You cannot come down the road from the &#8220;Square&#8221; now as a gate has been put across it.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01401-20170325-1327.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>I then moved on to Kirk Michael Cemetery. My mum told me the old chapel had been restored. This is my great grandparents grave. Alick is buried here as well. I can hardly believe its so long since he died, now over 32 years ago.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01402-20170325-1331.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>The chapel has been restored. The walls had been shored up for many years. It doesn&#8217;t have the spooky feel it once had. I remember coming with Dave Mackay the next door neighbour. We came one night when it was dark. We took a New Testament with us; just in case!<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01403-20170325-1332.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01404-20170325-1332.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01405-20170325-1332.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01406-20170325-1333.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01407-20170325-1341.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01408-20170325-1341.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01409-20170325-1342.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01410-20170325-1342.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01411-20170325-1342.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01412-20170325-1342.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01413-20170325-1343.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>It has been done really nicely but its lost the feeling of the ancient.<br \/><br \/>I had a wee wander. This is the author Jane Duncan&#8217;s grave. You can just see a lady going out the gate. She and her son were involved in organizing the reconstruction. I had a blether with her.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01414-20170325-1344.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>And here is John and Milly Ferguson&#8217;s stone. They were a lovely couple. They cycled to Newhall each Sunday where Alick and my granny gave them a lift to the Resolis church. We always remember Milly being so respectful to granny &#8220;Yas, Mrs. Cameron&#8221;.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01415-20170325-1345.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>Here lies\u00a0the next door neighbours. Piper was a character. Larger than life. On looking at his wife he would come out with &#8211; &#8220;them that died at Mons were the lucky ones&#8221;. To assure the truth of some tale he was telling, he would say &#8220;sure&#8217;s death&#8221;. I suppose there&#8217;s nothing surer. Ironically another of his sayings was &#8220;Them at Kirk Michael&#8217;s the lucky ones&#8221;. Not meaning to be sloppy I have to say I loved the man. To go into the house with the old clock ticking on the wall was just a joy. We miss these characters in our sophisticated, politically correct 21st century.<br \/><br \/>Isay his wife was just so nice to us children. A\u00a0wee robin used to come\u00a0to her house and ate from her hand.<br \/><br \/>All these Black Isle people were so genuine. I consider it a privilege and blessing to have known them all.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01416-20170325-1345.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>But you have to keep moving. I don&#8217;t want to be one of the &#8220;lucky ones&#8221; just yet. I got on my wee scooter and headed to Jemimaville. I stopped to photograph the old tin hall. A long time ago the evening service was held here, I think \u00a0once a month. There was also a service in Cullicudden Primary School. It was wooden paneled inside with two ancient paraffin lamps hanging from the ceiling. I would love to go inside. Its probably gutted. Maybe you are better with memories. Wouldn&#8217;t it be lovely to go back in time for a day?<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01417-20170325-1350.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01418-20170325-1351.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01419-20170325-1351.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>There are still good things in life, like this wee scooter. I just love it. A day like today just covering 58 miles is such a joy.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01420-20170325-1352.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>There are a lot of rigs in the Firth at present.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01421-20170325-1355.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>And then I arrived at Cromarty.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01426-20170325-1401.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01427-20170325-1401.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>I went past the harbour for old times sake.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01428-20170325-1403.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>There is something poignant in this picture &#8211; the old done in boat in the foreground with the horrible Global oil rig servicing base across at Nigg in the background. As a boy it was just a lovely beach of golden sands.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01429-20170325-1404.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/><br \/>Looking through the Sutors of Cromarty.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01430-20170325-1405.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>I went up onto the South Sutor.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01431-20170325-1414.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>There are tremendous views from up here.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01432-20170325-1415.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>Ben Rhinnes is showing on the horizon just right of the sign. You can also see the old army buildings from the First and Second World Wars. The Sutors were defended then. There is a lot of old military buildings all around.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01433-20170325-1415.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01434-20170325-1420.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>I headed back down to Cromarty and got myself a Yorky and can of Barr&#8217;s American Ice Cream Soda at what was Matheson&#8217;s shop. The scooter has a great wee storage compartment at your knees so I just put them in there. I then headed to Rosemarkie but took the left turn to Eathie and Navity. This is a lovely scooter road. This is looking to Fort George across the water on the spit of land.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01435-20170325-1442.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>I stopped between Fortrose and Avoch just to get some pictures. This is looking to Avoch and Ormond Hill.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01436-20170325-1453.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>This is across to the Moray Coast.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01437-20170325-1453.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>This old tin shed has been around for years getting more and more dilapidated. There is something charming about old buildings like this.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01438-20170325-1453.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>I moved through Avoch and beyond it turned up to Suddie and went to Suddie Cemetery where more of my ancestors are buried.<br \/><br \/>Kenneth MacIntosh was father of Alexander MacIntosh, father of Roderick MacIntosh my granny&#8217;s father. That&#8217;s my granny on my mother&#8217;s side. So Kenneth is my great, great, great grandfather. The intact further off stone is Kenneth and Mary MacIntosh&#8217;s grave.<br \/><br \/>I couldn&#8217;t really read the inscriptions but had noted them maybe 30 years ago.<br \/><br \/>This Stone is<br \/>Placed Here by<br \/>Kenneth MacKintosh<br \/>Farmer Auchterflow who<br \/>Departed this Life<br \/>the 16 January 1872 Aged<br \/>89 Years<br \/><br \/>Also to the Memory<br \/>of his Wife Mary Jack<br \/>Who Departed this Life<br \/>the 25 Day of August<br \/>1838 Aged 52 Years<br \/><br \/>The cracked stone is to two of Kenneth&#8217;s sons.<br \/><br \/>Placed by<br \/>Kenneth McIntosh<br \/>Auchterflow<br \/>In Memory of his Son<br \/>Kenneth McIntosh who<br \/>Departed this Life the 27th<br \/>Day of Dec 1853<br \/>Aged 28 Years<br \/><br \/>Also of<br \/>Even McIntosh<br \/>Farmer Their<br \/>Who Died 30th March 1868<br \/>Aged 58 Years<br \/><br \/>I sat on Kenneth&#8217;s stone in the sun and had a wee picnic\u00a0&#8211; the\u00a0Yorky bar washed down with the American Ice Cream Soda. What a lovely time.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01440-20170325-1508.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01441-20170325-1509.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>This is Alexander MacIntosh, Kenneth MacIntosh&#8217;s son&#8217;s grave. My great, great grandfather.<br \/><br \/>Erected<br \/>To the Memory of<br \/>Alexander McIntosh<br \/>Farmer Mains of Bennetsfield<br \/>Born 30th November 1815<br \/>Died 22nd January 1889<br \/><br \/>And of his Wife<br \/>Ann McIntosh<br \/>Born 13th April 1822 Died at Newhall Mains<br \/>9th March 1915<br \/><br \/>Also their daughter<br \/>Mary Born 19th Dec 1846<br \/>Died at Cullicudden 24th July 1895<br \/><br \/>Also their sons<br \/>Alexander Born 10th April 1852<br \/>Died at Newhall 5th June 1932<br \/><br \/>And Hector Born 11th May 1858<br \/>Died at Springfield 14th May 1932<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01442-20170325-1509.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>I hunted around for Willie MacIntosh&#8217;s stone but couldn&#8217;t find it. I was in a rush as I had to get back as people were coming to view Mairi&#8217;s car which she is selling.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01443-20170325-1511.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>And here&#8217;s my scooter near\u00a0the old stone style into the cemetery.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01444-20170325-1512.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/> <br \/><br \/>I just motored home stopping near Mount Eagle to take a picture of the TV mast\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0down to Culbokie, back across the bridge, through Evanton and home.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2017-03-25_cromarty\/IMG01445-20170325-1518.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/><br \/>All in all a lovely time. I am just so enjoying Hugh&#8217;s old bashed up scooter.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Wee Scooter Adventure to Cromarty25th March 2017 I had to get\u00a0out on my wee scooter. I&#8217;ve used it a few times this year and its great to be back on it again. Today was just a stunning day\u00a0and its <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/?page_id=3336\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3318,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3336","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3336"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7097,"href":"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3336\/revisions\/7097"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}