| A commission from Aberdeen Journals to
produce a book of colour photographs of Aberdeenshire, as a companion to the
Aberdeen City book published, has been completed. The launch of "Aberdeenshire
and Royal Deeside – a Celebration in Pictures" was in July 2004 but
is now Out of Print. Best chance to get a copy would be Amazon or the like second hand books sections.
Copies of many of the photographs used in this book can obtained on CROOKTREE.COM.
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Cover of the new book
Dunnottar Castle ISBN 1-84547-044-3 |
Deeside sunset over plastic silage bales |
Old Brig O'Dee at Invercauld |
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Crathes Castle 2004 June Border |
Pennan |
Fasque House from deer Park and St Mary's Kirk, Auchindoir in winter
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Above is Duff House, Banff
Roadside colour near Monymusk |
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Ponies in Strath Finella
Bennachie from Formartine |
The region’s wide diversity of very Scottish
countryside, rugged mountains, clear tumbling streams and top class fishing
rivers are shown alongside the flat fertile farmlands of The Howe of the
Mearns, the hill farms of Upper Deeside or Donside or the gently rolling
lands of Buchan. The Aberdeenshire coast with its traditional fishing
harbours, long stretches of golden sand or its spectacular ruined castles
are all recorded, as are the myriad symbols of its ancient past from Bronze
Age Stone Circles, Pictish Carvings to more recent times with its wealth of
National Trust for Scotland and Historic Scotland properties from castles to
stately homes.
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930 colour photos Map Index 220pages £14.99 |
Autumn light near Echt
Dalgetie Castle near Turriff |
| The area covered starts at St Cyrus, just north of Montrose and sweeps northwards and westwards, beginning in The Mearns and its coastline, before travelling along the River Dee and its hinterland with Kincardine and Marr into the Cairngorms. |
From there, the book moves eastwards from Strathdon and Strathbogie along the River Don into Formartine, before journeying northwards throughout Buchan and it’s coast from Newburgh, Cruden Bay, Peterhead to Fraserburgh. |
River Don at Cothall near Dyce
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The book finishes with the Moray coastline
and inland areas of Banff and Buchan covering as well the
Aberdeenshire parts of the River Deveron from Banff to Huntly. A map and
index are included but this as this is a book of photographs, so the text is
limited to captions.
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 Jack up Drilling Rig in Peterhead Bay |
The book is of the same dimensions as its
companion book of the city – "Aberdeen-A Celebration in Pictures"
but has 75 pages more and retailed at £14.99. As a pair they will
represent a unique and probably the most comprehensive photographic
collection of any area in Scotland.
The book is now Out of Print. Best bet to get copies
is from used books sites like Amazon and Alibris.
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 Broomend of Crichie
Esslemont Castle |
Cairnbulg Washing Green above and below is Storybook Glen Fairytale near Maryculter
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