Christmas Eve

J. D.  visited Portsoy regularly in the early 1970s when she worked in Aberdeen and Dr Anne was a teacher at Shand Street, Macduff.

The activities arranged by Dr Anne for J. D. included walks, coffee shops, visits to friends and acquaintances, scrabble and other games.

They started off by walking the perimeter of Portsoy.  It was a beautiful day, warm and sunny.  They headed towards the cemetery, a quiet and peaceful setting near to the beach and caravan site.  They then walked to the Portsoy Salmon Bothy.  J. D. was given a private viewing of the museum, the bothy and upstairs @ the bothy.  J. D. was well impressed and chose items from the Bothy's bespoke collection of merchandise.  It was off round the harbour to the PORT builiding, the Shore Inn and on to the Marble Shop.  J. D. particularly like the small marble figures - the owl, the frog, the tortoise.  Dr Anne bought a copy of the Portsoy Manuscript of 1843 to aid one of her projects.

Dr Anne  led J. D. up round the Doonie, up through the council housing estate, down through the Soyburn housing estate and on to Durn Road.

From there it was the Sunday walk of the 1950s - the walk round Durn passing the the Durn housing estate, the 5* Durn House B&B, on to the A98 leading into the town via Aird Street.