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Crovie Head and Pennan Head

Crovie Head and Pennan Head


Postby litljortindan » Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:56 pm

Date walked: 13/03/2021

Time taken: 3 hours

Distance: 5 km

Ascent: 200m

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The first walk to Crovie Head and towards Crovie Law was a bit of a let down in that I had noticed on a previous walk a gate and track crossing the headland. However, turns out that the track ends at an effective dead-end. Undaunted, I scaled the disused stile remains and fought my way up through the burnt gorse to a high point with decent views of Crovie and Gamrie Bay.

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Crovie from the lower car park starting point.

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Gamrie Bay, More Head and Crovie houses.

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Looking back at the carpark with Gardenstown houses visible above.

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Through the gate and onto the path/hillside. There is a path there through the gorse but it ends abruptly at a disused stile.

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Good view over the bay.

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Once over the stile remains I make my way up through the burnt gorse to a high point on Crovie Head.

Returned the same way and then set off for Pennan.

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Pennan Head from the B9031 with Rosehearty visible beyond.

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Parked at the west end of the village and admired the houses along the way.

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Rockery with potted plants.

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No big waves today.

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Still may be some hazards ahead though...

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The sign reminds me that I walked here from Aberdour twenty-one years ago but along the clifftops, not the right of way.

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The path cuts inland, away from the sea.

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Gates dealt with using a sleeve or a handwipe (taken home).

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After the next gate I head seawards again.

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And Pennan re-appears.

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From most vantage points both Crovie and Pennan are improbable sights, if not improbable sites.

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The reciprocal view to that from the B9031 is less eye-catching but still interesting to see Cullykhan Bay and its surroundings.

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And there's a good view of the cliffline to the east.

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But for the weather that is more blustery than the Prime Minister this could be a scene from the Canary Islands.

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The down side of this walk is the barbed wire fences. Twenty-one years ago I skipped across them as if they weren't there. Now I weigh them up to minimise the chances of a mishap. At the first hurdle I elect to squeeze through between the most widely separated wires and that works but it does leave me with an interesting pattern on my trousers.

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After going a short distance beyond Pennan Head I retraced my steps.

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Squalls approaching.

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Troup Head.

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Rainbow over Pennan Head.

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It is nice to see the rainbow but it does making the photography tricky.

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The last of the sunbeams.

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A lot of people praying these days.

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But they still have to hang their washing out.

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Stopped at Banff beach in the way home.

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Soon the sun will be setting and rising over the Banffshire sea.

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Banff.

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