Let's go out of Sneck

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I love this phottie

[+bughtmaster]

Was that on the Black Isle ?

 

The herring fleet and the barrels of salted herring ?

 

You couldna beat the auld Kessock herring fried in oatmeal with mashed tatties!

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A lot further North

[Sneckboy]

Wick, perhaps?

[caleyboy]

I love this phottie

And not an engine to be seen.

[IBM]

The Wick herring fleet at a time when 500 gallons of whisky a day was consumed!

[Charles Bannerman]

Yup... definitely Wick- round about the time my grandparents lived there I suspect.

[+DoofersDad]

It must have been a wealthy place in those days.  It looks as though everyone had a yacht in the marina.

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Aye it's Wick - and just down the road.

[IBM]

That's west to a not so busy Thurso harbor, the church tower in the town center stands out like a sore thumb!

[Charles Bannerman]

That's west to a not so busy Thurso harbor, the church tower in the town center stands out like a sore thumb!

How about compromising on north-west because that's just about where Thurso is in relation to Wick so I suppose "down the road" indeed isn't quite right. It's more like "up ee rodd"

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Now here is a tester

[IBM]

Not an easy one but only a guess, it may be Tarbert or Scalpay in Harris.

[Charles Bannerman]

Not an easy one but only a guess, it may be Tarbert or Scalpay in Harris.

But not on a Sunday!

[dougiedanger]

Looks like Tarbert when it was a throbbing metropolis.

[Scotty]

I love this phottie

 

 

The picture in post 1 reminds me of modern day Essaouira in Morocco. (Game of thrones fans may recognise it)

 

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Feck aff Scotty - that is Avoch.

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More boats

[IBM]

Invergordon with a floating dock and the size of the ship I think that must be WW2.

[Charles Bannerman]

Invergordon with a floating dock and the size of the ship I think that must be WW2.

I think it may be WW1. Invergordon opened as a naval base just as WW1 began and survived right through to the 1950s. But the general style of the ships, especially with the cross yards on the masts, is more reminiscent of WW1. It's difficult to get an idea of scale, but I'm wondering if the ship in the floating dock may be one of the earlier Dreadnoughts with 8 x 12 inch guns. Mind you I'd be happier with my WW1 suggestion if I could make out more detail of funnels on the big ship.

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HMS Mars 1919

[Scarlet Pimple]

You say it's the Mars . Were civilians barred then?

 

I'll give you a hin...... chocolate.

[+weeman]

Achnasheen?

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Correct

[IBM]

Not got a clue on that one but must have been in the early days of camera's as everybody is looking at it!