Cold Wind.

Todays lunch was spent on a short walk along the beech today, where it was quite windy and chilly. So this quick blip looking North East.

Aberdeen Beach is famous for its golden sand and its long curved length between the harbor and the River Don's mouth. Extending for 2½ miles (4 km) along Aberdeen Bay, from Footdee in the south to the Bridge of Don in the north, Aberdeen Esplanade links Aberdeen Harbour with the sand dunes of Donmouth Nature Reserve.

Also referred to as Aberdeen Promenade or Aberdeen Beach, the esplanade provides citizens with a pleasure beach, including the Beach Ballroom, Transition Extreme Skatepark and Climbing Centre, Beach Leisure Centre, Linx Ice Arena, Codona's Amusement Park, with associated entertainment arcades, the Old Town Golf Course and a Golf Driving Range.

Traces of the former Beach Bathing Station can still be seen. Opened in 1885, this was at the centre of the development of the Beach area for leisure, it having become an industrial area during the earlier 19th C. with a cotton mill, chemical works, iron works, gas works, and rope and sail manufactory all located nearby in the 1880s.

The beach suffers from significant erosion of the sand so there are distinctive groyne or walls, to help keep the sand in place. The beach is popular with walkers, surfers and windsurfers.

Recently in an expensive million pound operation, sand was taken by ship from further down the coast to the south of Aberdeen and sprayed on the beach to replace some of the lost sand. Rocks were then placed in a v-shape formation to try to prevent erosion, much like the groyne.