Aberdeen is the final Scottish city for me to visit before leaving Glasgow for good, and I went on such a perfect day! You really have to wish for luck with sunny weather in Scotland, and I was blessed with a full day of sunshine in Aberdeen. To be honest, my impression of a city largely depends on the weather on the day of my visit, which is unfair. As a result, I loved Aberdeen, while I could also say that I’d probably have loved Antwerp if I had visited on a good day and not gotten soaked…
Hidden in a corner of Aberdeen is the tiny fishing village of Footdee, reached by walking the entire length of the beach promenade and turning into a secluded section of the city. After having walked halfway, I reached what I THOUGHT was Footdee, and was about to turn back. But then, Google Maps told me that I had to keep going a bit farther, and so I did. And I’m glad I did, because Footdee was such a lovely little community!
There are 20 of these anchors scattered over Aberdeen for charity purposes, and this one, named Grace, stood at the edge of Footdee.
Upon entering Footdee, I was greeted with several rows of houses that resembled old huts. Everything seemed so tidy and each house was unique in its design and decorations, as you’ll see soon.
The owner of this house seemed to have a liking for birds, butterflies, and garden gnomes. And oh, look how blue the sky was!
Say hi to the official football gnome of Scotland!
Here’s another house whose owner seemed to have spent a lot of time decorating the front yard with lots of sculptures and toys.
A storage hut welcomes you with hugs and kisses…or maybe just kisses.
This has got to be one of my favourite displays – a kissing couple, a lady at the beach, and a superstar gnome. These were wiggling figurines but of course I could only capture still images, so just imagine that they were grooving left and right.
And on the other side of the house we have another lady (with a rather large derrière) at the beach, a bagpipe-playing Scot, and…what I could only imagine to be Mr.Trump!?!?!
Moving on to the next house, this one might have housed an old sailor…
…but this slightly strange-looking guy guards the door and says hi…???
On the other side of the green house stands a pretty peacock…
…and another (almost) kissing couple.
A happy family…
…and another happy family? Or is it the same family dressed differently? Hmmmm…
And that was the end of my random wanders around little Footdee, a walk that took no more than an hour but gave me plenty of surprises!
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