Day 349: Aberdeen to Findon Ness – An Army of Accropodes

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Kincardineshire, Scotland

Date of walk: 10/10/19

Aberdeen esplanade, Scotland.

Grampian Eye, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Edda Ferd Offshore Support Vessel moored near Aberdeen, Scotland.

Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland.

Aberdeen Harbour from below the old harbour master’s control tower, Scotland.

Mud tanks containing drillers ‘mud’ an expensive chemical mixture used to lubricate the drill bit. Mud is transferred to the supply vessels and shipped to offshore installations. Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland.

Vos Pace Offshore Supply Ship, Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland.

Boka Pegasus a Multi Purpose Offshore Vessel, Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland.

Aberdeen Harbour Control Tower, Scotland.

Mitchell Tower at Marischal College above Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland.

Entrance to Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland.

The old harbour master’s control tower, Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland.

Seven Kestrel Offshore Supply Ship in Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland.

The supremely phallic lighthouse at Aberdeen harbour, Scotland.

Seven Kestrel Offshore Support Vessel leaving Aberdeen harbour, Scotland.

Accropode installation at Aberdeen South Harbour, Scotland.

Construction of Aberdeen’s new south harbour I, Scotland.

Accropodes (unreinforced concrete structures to resist the action of waves) that will act as armour for the breakwaters of Aberdeen’s new south harbour. Aberdeen, Scotland.

Construction of Aberdeen’s new south harbour II, Scotland.

Accropodes II, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Accropodes III, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Accropodes IV, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Accropodes V, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Sea cliff waterfall just south of Aberdeen, Scotland.

The Graves, Souter Head, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Sometimes it’s everything you dream it might be. Camp at Findon Ness, Aberdeenhsire, Scotland.

Entrance to Aberdeen Harbour.
Construction of Aberdeen south harbour.
Some of the 9,000 accropodes (unreinforced concrete structures to resist the action of waves) that will act as armour for the breakwaters of Aberdeen’s new south harbour.
Time to get dry.
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