BRECHIN / DUNDEE | tayside-toadstools

PHOTOS OF INTEREST FROM BRECHIN, DUNDEE AND PERTH

ABERLEMNO KIRK NEAR BRECHIN, 2019

PICTISH CROSS

Left shows one side with carved cross

Right has the other side which may depict Battle of Nechtansmere, dating 695AD

'Sunday Post' newspaper cartoon character 'Oor Wullie', who celebrated his 80th birthday in 2016 and was used to raise funds for childrens' charities. There were 55 painted, 5-foot statues placed around Dundee area in summer of 2016, and later auctioned off.

From left, all at Broughty Ferry : RNLI lifeboat statue at Broughty Lifeboat Pier; a statue in Dawson Park; another at Tay Yacht Club bridge entrance and the last at Broughty Castle

Absent Penguin

Crystal Azure

Capguin Scott

Bonnie Dundee

Penguin Paradise

R2Dundee2

PJ The Poetry Penguin

Dazzle

Chick

Provincial. The small penguin group in foreground is a permanent feature at the city centre

From June 29 until their auction at the V&A Museum on September 24, 2018, Tayside was visited by 80 5-foot-high penguins.

Similar idea to Oor Wullie but this time they raised money and awareness for cancer charity 'Maggie's Dundee'.

'Absent', 'Crystal', 'Capguin', 'Bonnie', 'Penguin' and 'R2' were at Broughty Ferry with 'PJ', 'Dazzle', 'Chick' and 'Provincial' around Dundee

These two statues are on permanent display at Dundee city centre. Left is 'Dandy' comic book legend Desperate Dan with his hound Dawg being pestered by 'Beano' character Minnie The Minx [real name Hermione Makepeace].

The second is of the Dundee dragon - a fabled creature that killed nine maidens before being slain by Martin, one girl's boyfriend. Dundee place names remember this deed : 'Strathmartine', 'Baldragon Wood' [at Clatto Reservoir] and 'Nine Maidens'.

Children/adults can sit upon dragon and under its jaw is a button, which can be pressed to produce a small flame to light a cigarette

Dundee Days

Oor Rabbie Rides Again

Dazzle Wullie

Scots Guard Wullie

Oor Bronze Boy

Oor Freddie

Yeehaw Wullie

Wullie's Underwater Wander

OOR WULLIE BIG BUCKET TRAIL

The above statues of cartoon newspaper character Oor Wullie were raising more money for children's charities from June 17, 2019, for 11 weeks. They appeared in Scotland's cities. The ones above are from Dundee [including Broughty Ferry]

My favourites of the ones I've viewed have to be 'Yeehaw Wullie' which reminds me of Woody from the film 'Toy Story' and 'Oor Freddie' in honour of Freddie Mercury

Dazzle Wullie has RSS Discovery in the background, which is at the V&A Museum

Wullie Underwater has him sitting on his bucket-shaped diving helmet with his proper bucket beside him

Peace Of Mind

CIST BURIAL SITE

Off the beaten track in Crombie Reservoir, Dundee, and found this burial site uncovered in 1828 by a farmer and dating from Beaker People of 4000 years ago.

All the times I've been at Crombie and didn't even realise this existed.

Left is sign at site

Right is the cist itself

TENTSMUIR FOREST BEACH, FIFE - THE AIR WAS SO CLEAR AND FRESH YOU COULD SEE FOREVER

A 50-square-mile Nature Reserve of mainly Scots pine and Corsican pine harbouring red squirrels and bats as well as a large population of grey seals which can be found on the sandy beaches of the River Tay and the North Sea

KINNOULL HILL, Perthshire - overlooks city of Perth, about 30 miles from Dundee