Findochty

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The place we most enjoyed visiting most was Findochty (locally known as Finechty!) The locals are rightly very proud of their village with its colourful painted cottages and scenic harbour at the heart of it.  In its heyday of the 1800s the harbour was a safe haven to 8O+ boats.  Nowadays it would be classed as a marina with only a few fishing vessels operating out of it.

There’s a statue of a man sitting on a stool looking across the harbour keeping a watchful eye on all the comings and goings.  The base has a verse from the bible inscribed on it.  At the moment The White Mannie as he is known locally is having a makeover having fallen into disrepair.

A short walk up the hill from the harbour is the village war memorial beside which stands an anchor commemorating 300 years of Findochty’s existence (1716-2016).  What a splendid view you get from up there.

It is common for fishing villages in Scotland to have several places of worship, whether mainstream churches or halls used by smaller sects and there are quite a few in Findochty.  The white-painted Church of Scotland is prominently placed on the hill above the harbour.  On the aptly named Chapel Street there are three churches, a Methodist Church, a Salvation ArmyCitadel and the Meeting Place (of the Christian Brethren). 

There is a large caravan park on the outskirts of the village which was almost fully occupied when we visited showing just how popular this wee village is.  It was great to wander around the village, our only disappointment was there was no ice cream shop!!! 

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