Day 347: Peterhead to Hell’s Hole – Dracula & Slains Castle

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Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Date of walk: 6/9/19

Seven Pegasus, an offshore support vessel, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Asco Ltd Offshore Supply Base I, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Asco Ltd Offshore Supply Base II, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Asco Ltd Offshore Supply Base III, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

HMP Grampian I. Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Peterhead Gas-fired Power Station I, Aberdeenshire Scotland.

Score Europe (an offshore engineering firm) Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

HMP Grampian II. Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Rear of Sandford Lodge, a grand Georgian farm house built in 1800, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Peterhead Gas-fired Power Station II, Aberdeenshire Scotland.

Meikle Donnan, Boddam, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Long Haven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Bullers of Buchan I, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Bullers of Buchan II, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

By the Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The Arch of Dunby, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Slains Castle I, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Believed to be the inspiration for the literary setting of Count Dracula as Bram Stoker was a visitor. Originally built in 1597 & rebuilt as a Scots Baronial mansion in 1836.

Slains Castle III, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Slains Castle II, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Slains Castle IV, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Our ancestors topographical Tripadvisor reviews were brutal.

Camp at Hell’s Hole, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The clifftop view from the tent of the distant lights of Aberdeen, tomorrow’s destination and the conclusion of this five-week section walking from Thurso. A long 45km day tomorrow as I’m behind schedule so a very early start.

Eerie Slains Castle above the cliffs.
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