Part 16: The Spey Side Trail
Today was a pretty easy day, mostly hanging around the house until late in the afternoon. However we had to do SOMETHING so we took a walk on the Spey side trail that leads through Buckie to Buckpool and onwards onto Portgorden, it goes farther down the trail but that’s really more for bikes. The highlight of this trail is that halfway through the trail is supposedly a rock where Seals sunbathe. Well, I’m happy to report that we saw not only one but two beautiful seals. Next to the rock was a plaque which told the tale of the Selkies.
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The Selkies are mythical creatures who can transform themselves from Seals to Humans and back again.
The female Selkies come onto the shore and then remove their pelt to feel the sun. If you capture the pelt then the Selkie becomes your wife, as they are terribly beautiful. But you have to hide the pelt because the moment the find it again they will return to the sea and abandon you and any children you may have had together.
Male Selkies are a different, they can either wreak terrible revenge on you for acts of Ill will against the sea or they will seduce your woman while you are away. Maybe a the latter is a method of the former.
On the way back from the trail we got lost and finally found ourselves on a golf course. (How stereotypical is that?) But it doesn’t stop there, we asked directions from an old man who rolled his r’s and was walking a Scottie dog and a West Highland terrier.
“Oh surrre you just go up a little faerther on the rrrood.”
Then we found the road and had ice cream.
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