tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post2046619363439710316..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: Auchmithie dayRachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-36795107676411134802009-09-07T20:51:39.635+01:002009-09-07T20:51:39.635+01:00Yes, I think horses were involved - but I prefer t...Yes, I think horses were involved - but I prefer to believe that painting, that it was just the women!The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-67879979235353210152009-09-07T08:10:22.801+01:002009-09-07T08:10:22.801+01:00Should say that the artist behind that particular ...Should say that the artist behind that particular painting of the women pulling the boat was John Charlton ('The Women' 1904). It was featured quite heavily in the programme.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-41731307258029420482009-09-07T08:05:18.800+01:002009-09-07T08:05:18.800+01:00Thanks Deborah. And you are an expert at views!
A...Thanks Deborah. And you are an expert at views!<br /><br />And SW...I watched that - it was on 'Coast' wasn't it? Didn't they decide at the end that the artist had kind of made up that part of the story and that really there were some heavy horses involved in that rescue attempt too? I think in some ways it was a tribute to the tough women of the area but not necessarily all about that particular event.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-32273940076502677822009-09-07T06:40:26.481+01:002009-09-07T06:40:26.481+01:00Saw a programme on the telly the other night about...Saw a programme on the telly the other night about some other tough-as-old-boots, northern, coastal women - the women fisherfolk of Cullercoats, who pulled a lifeboat several miles with their bare hands. They were celebrated by the great American artist Winslow Homer in his paintings.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-61182277427194063952009-09-06T23:21:47.059+01:002009-09-06T23:21:47.059+01:00A delightful window into other people's custom...A delightful window into other people's custom etc. Just charming!Deborah Godinhttp://notesfromthecloudmessenger.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-13405593042290997102009-09-06T21:32:59.171+01:002009-09-06T21:32:59.171+01:00Yes, you can get days when it looks like the Medit...Yes, you can get days when it looks like the Mediterranean...and then some days when it looks like the edge of the world!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-78922953776875838292009-09-06T21:09:49.753+01:002009-09-06T21:09:49.753+01:00I love that area of the east coast with all its li...I love that area of the east coast with all its little fishing villages and wild weather. This looks like a great day.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-85713039404814479822009-09-06T20:18:21.777+01:002009-09-06T20:18:21.777+01:00I'd never heard of 4 man carry, RB, but I went...I'd never heard of 4 man carry, RB, but I went and found some video of it online. That looks hard work!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-61629462723801728022009-09-06T19:41:28.607+01:002009-09-06T19:41:28.607+01:00Sounds like a lot of fun- and looks it too! They s...Sounds like a lot of fun- and looks it too! They should have had a contest to see which woman could carry their husband the longest! That would have been worth a few pictures! I think the Native Alaskans do something like this in their Olympics, except it's called a 4-man carry- one guy carries four guys and whoever goes the longest wins! :)<br />I think more and more places should do things like this. It's so nice that you live din such a wonderufl place like this, too.<br />:)Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287107184977896696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-73234990959899998692009-09-06T16:46:42.635+01:002009-09-06T16:46:42.635+01:00Maybe I should post a photo of the tree too, Hope....Maybe I should post a photo of the tree too, Hope. Rowan, also sometimes called mountain ash. Very impressive with full red berry load.<br /><br />And yes, Kim, all decades are represented at all times in an out of the way area like this! There are cafes still serving full 1970s menus (very yummy it is too...).<br /><br />x<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-67308427346245663292009-09-06T15:54:25.222+01:002009-09-06T15:54:25.222+01:00Ah ha! So THAT's what that tree is called. I...Ah ha! So THAT's what that tree is called. I've always loved the shape of it and had no idea. Thank you!hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-49287766580807552152009-09-06T14:58:49.772+01:002009-09-06T14:58:49.772+01:00I see the woman in the background of a couple of t...I see the woman in the background of a couple of the photos there, reenacting the 1980s with that blue cagoule...Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-40992790150604307972009-09-06T14:31:40.872+01:002009-09-06T14:31:40.872+01:00And I was just about to ask about your postcard wh...And I was just about to ask about your postcard when you beat me to it! :)<br /><br />Sounds like a fun time...now I have to go look up a picture of a Rowan Tree as I have absolutely no idea what it looks like. <br /><br />Keep having fun! [And keeping us posted..no pun intended].hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-37601230840250635812009-09-06T12:14:41.716+01:002009-09-06T12:14:41.716+01:00Dave - I think I'd need to do some serious tra...Dave - I think I'd need to do some serious training before I could carry anybody!<br /><br />Titus - it's a ribbon and apparently the tradition was for all the family to walk with it like that in the procession (at the front, I think). We couldn't hear all the details as they described it yesterday but I think that's what they said.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-39753487962051888562009-09-06T12:06:20.844+01:002009-09-06T12:06:20.844+01:00Oooh, it all looks so familiar.
Brilliant post, br...Oooh, it all looks so familiar.<br />Brilliant post, brilliant day, brilliant name. And great photos!<br />Why are they all holding the blue string?Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-43769864371502422872009-09-06T11:56:48.320+01:002009-09-06T11:56:48.320+01:00I'm with Rachel (Fenton), great idea, the wome...I'm with Rachel (Fenton), great idea, the women carrying the men!Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-57898404521417398502009-09-06T11:48:35.303+01:002009-09-06T11:48:35.303+01:00I just remembered that of course there is also an ...I just remembered that of course there is also an Auchmithie view on my 'Auchmithie Road' postcard. It has a rainbow too.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-51992355792415119072009-09-06T11:44:49.514+01:002009-09-06T11:44:49.514+01:00Ahhh... I love rowan trees. But the one in my gard...Ahhh... I love rowan trees. But the one in my garden died last year. :( Killed by a poplar and a rogue bunch of crocosmia.<br /><br />I used to have a nice view of the countryside where the sunset would pour in. But then a housing association decided that my view was too pretty and built houses in the way. Grrr...<br /><br />I was upstairs for a few tiny minutes - I was looking at a rainbow. :)deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-39527555799051906322009-09-06T11:38:52.336+01:002009-09-06T11:38:52.336+01:00Maybe you didn't go upstairs. It's not a p...Maybe you didn't go upstairs. It's not a particularly romantic view(warehouses between us and the sea) but it is there. We can see the basin too.<br /><br />At the moment though I should mention that the rowan tree in our front garden is as beautiful as any sea view. <br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-64071908284612820022009-09-06T11:24:24.562+01:002009-09-06T11:24:24.562+01:00You have a sea view? I never knew...
[Damn, this ...You have a sea view? I never knew...<br /><br />[Damn, this rhyming's getting bad. :os It was accidental... ]deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-3422973663078517722009-09-06T11:17:15.838+01:002009-09-06T11:17:15.838+01:00Yes, D. Because we lived up on that cliff that was...Yes, D. Because we lived up on that cliff that was more or less the view from our kitchen (and sitting room)...though you could only see the view from a standing position in both (best seen whilst washing up in kitchen). We have lots of photos of that view...in all weathers, all seasons. Maybe I'll dig some others out for another post. <br /><br />I really missed (mist?) the view when we first moved here. We do still have a seaview (just - from upstairs...a couple of miles in the distance) but it's not quite the same! Still, here we have a school, a village shop, a pub, half-hourly buses to town and Auchmithie has none of these now (the bus service there exists but is fairly minimal). We miss some things about it...but not everything.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-78726078755904286222009-09-06T10:46:07.425+01:002009-09-06T10:46:07.425+01:00ou show me a photograph from the same angle as the...ou show me a photograph from the same angle as the second one in the post? It looks familiar!deemikayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01421704728979191339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-76479597022284361742009-09-06T10:40:28.888+01:002009-09-06T10:40:28.888+01:00Absolutely CGP and a very good way to get the vill...Absolutely CGP and a very good way to get the village doing something together (alright not everyone joins in but a very good number do). Young and old...something for everyone. <br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-21924394022607036652009-09-06T10:20:47.791+01:002009-09-06T10:20:47.791+01:00Sounds a very entertaining way to keep in otuch wi...Sounds a very entertaining way to keep in otuch with local tradition and historyCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-87219240464985146432009-09-06T08:24:54.122+01:002009-09-06T08:24:54.122+01:00We still lived there the year that the first HAAR ...We still lived there the year that the first HAAR was being planned and I was on the committee. I can't believe I never thought of 'not to be mist' (it's a later addition). I'm quite envious. I suppose I should add for some visitors that 'haar' is Scots for mist/fog and is particularly used for the sea mist here on the east coast (which can be very impressive/a right pain in the backside sometimes).<br /><br />As for the carrying...there are other East Coast villages that have this women carrying men detail as part of their folklore (I heard just another such story on 'Coast' the other day). The idea being that there was no proper harbour and that the men would be away at sea for some time (though how long they would stay dry once on the boat is another matter!). Judging by some of the old pictures they weren't very big men...and the fisher women were hard as nails, strong as oxen and...tough as old boots!<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.com