The end of the day

The view from Port Erroll harbour, across the Bay of Cruden, to the old fishing village of Whinnyfold perched on the horizon (best seen zoomified). After a couple of days of wind, wet and cold, today we just had the cold to contend with.
What can I tell you that might be interesting about the area? Well ...
1. Bram Stoker is said to have got the idea for his novel Dracula whilst staying in the Kilmarnock Arms in Cruden Bay.
2. The Norwegian aviator Tryggve Gran took off from the beach here, on 30 July 1914, to make the first solo flight across the North Sea.
3. It was in this neighbourhood that, according to John Bellenden, Archdeacon of Moray, 1536, and translator of Hector Boece's "History of Scotland", the Battle of Cruden was fought by King Malcolm II and Canute, son of Sweyn, King of Denmark and Norway. Indeed, the place name, Cruden, comes from the Norse Croju Dane, or Crudane -- the death or slaughter of the Danes