Inspiring Women Magazine May 2023
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fternoon activities...<br />
Aberdeen City Beach<br />
If you head out to the west slightly to a small<br />
town called Banchory, you can take a short<br />
hike up Scolty Hill and then end with tea at<br />
Banchory Lodge. If you fancy a bit of beach,<br />
but not far, you can head down to Aberdeen<br />
city beach and enjoy a stroll on the boardwalk,<br />
but don’t forget to check the tide table before<br />
venturing. It wouldn’t be much fun if most of<br />
the beach was under water. We have drastic<br />
tides in these parts.<br />
Puffin Watching at<br />
Bullers of Buchan<br />
A great place to stop is<br />
BrewDog Brewery in<br />
Ellon on the way back<br />
from Cruden Bay.<br />
Unit Balmacassie<br />
Industrial Estate,<br />
Ellon AB41 8BX,<br />
www.brewdog.com<br />
Puffins at<br />
Bullers of Buchan<br />
Ruins of Slains Castle<br />
If you fancy a beach, a<br />
castle and a natural wonder<br />
in rock formations with puffin<br />
sightings, you can head up<br />
to Cruden Bay Beach. It’s a<br />
dramatic cliff-side walk that<br />
takes you past the ruins of<br />
Slains Castle, the inspiration<br />
for Dracula, and then on to<br />
the Bullers of Buchan, where<br />
there is a blowhole, along<br />
with several natural arches<br />
and puffin sightings in the<br />
spring. You can walk back the<br />
same way you came for three<br />
hours total or catch a bus on<br />
the main road back to Cruden<br />
Bay. You should note that,<br />
while the sun is out past<br />
midnight in the summer,<br />
restaurants for dinner still<br />
prefer to close somewhere<br />
near 9:00 pm. You can have a<br />
late afternoon adventure, but<br />
not too late if you still want a<br />
good meal.<br />
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