View from the Battery

Gorgeous sunrise again this morning.
The weather has gradually been deteriorating all day.
It is now blowing a good gale outside.
I drove across to the Battery above Greyhope Road at dusk.
There was still a little colour in the sky,
but the clouds were already scudding across the sky,
driven by the advancing wind.
I parked in the car park above Greyhope Road
and climbed onto the crumbling battlements to take half a dozen pictures
looking across the golf course to the lighthouse.

For those that are interested;

The Torry Battery, Aberdeen was built between 1859 and 1861 at the time Britain was at war with France. This defensive position gives views across the North Sea and formed the main defence for Aberdeen Bay and Harbour. The Torry Battery was initially armed with 200lb Armstrong Guns.
It superseded a number of older structures including the blockhouse, built in the 1490s as a response to a perceived threat of sea-borne attack by English forces. The blockhouse was rebuilt several times but remained the primary defence for the city for many centuries.
During the First World War the Battery was manned on a permanent basis and used as a training ground. The inter-war years saw the start of a housing shortage in Britain and this was the first time the Battery was used as temporary accommodation.
During the Second World War,?the Battery's guns were provided with concrete overhead covers as protection against dive-bombing attacks and land-ward attack. The dramatic changes in technology, and the heavy reliance on fighter planes, meant that the Battery also had to have anti-aircraft guns and search lights installed.
Post War it was again used to house civilians due to a housing shortage before falling into disrepair.