Taken at Staxigoe Harbour., near Wick, Caithness, Scotland on a beautiful day
Staxigoe is from the Norse 'gja or geo' meaning inlet and 'stakkr' meaning stack or rock, thus inlet of the stack. It is a pretty little harbour, dating back to at least 1878, which was when the harbour was to be found on the first Ordnance Survey Map, although it is a natural harbour and there are suggestions the harbour itself could date back to the 1600s. It was once the largest herring salting stations in Europe.
I have added a Gene Clark song called 'Rough and Rocky' as my link
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cio5lkFpRcg
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Esther said:
Boarischa Krautmo said:
I remembered Caithness more... flat ;-)))
HBM!
Roger (Grisly) said:
Gene Clark is good by me.
HBM and a great week
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Malik Raoulda said:
HBM et agréable semaine.
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Jaap van 't Veen said:
HappyBM and a peaceful week ahead.Trudy Tuinstra said:
Heide said:
Have a good and enjoying week, Carol
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Andy Rodker said:
Just a quick question ... dating back to at least 1878 ... Are you sure? That seems far too recent for anything described as '... back to at least ...'!! If this was in America, it would make perfect sense!