When I spent a week in Portsoy, along the Moray Coast in Aberdeenshire, I found myself fascinated by the old buildings and harbor. Many of the buildings, tall and narrow, hewn of stone with “crow steps” added to allow a chimney sweep to get to the top, and with red pantiled roofs, reminded me of ones I’ve seen in 17th-century paintings of Delft and othe…
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