Much as the destruction of our railway network is to be deplored the old lines make pleasant walks. Dogs with me to work so we needed somewhere to walk at lunchtime and a friend suggested the nearby track.
Delightful despite grey day: up high one minute with views to all sides and then through a "cutting" with the dogs going crazy because the embankment was one huge rabbit warren.
And now I`ve become completely fascinated by its history:apparently we were on the old Formartine and Buchan Railway, built to link Peterhead and Fraserburgh to Aberdeen,the first 29 miles from Dyce to Mintlaw opening on 18th July 1861, the second 13 mile section from Maud to Peterhead opening the following year and the last 15 miles to Fraserburgh opening on 24th April 1865. Possibly only of any interest to railway geeks or nascent geeks: guilty M`lud......want to find out more.
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