Yesterday we went for a walk to Torry Battery because I wanted to check out a relatively new café there that’s entirely vegan/vegetarian and off-grid. It’s about a 45-minute walk and not long after we started I remembered why we hardly ever do it – much of the way is very industrial and ugly. If you want to see how it looks then read an old post of mine about Torry Battery. Daniel complained several times: “I thought we were going for a nice walk in a forest”.
What makes me angry and disappointed each time I walk past the horror the oil industry has unleashed on what was once probably a quite pretty harbour is how little they’ve given back to the city and country as a whole. Sure there a jobs but if we compare Scotland to Norway, a country of similar size which also struck it rich with oil in the 1960s, Norway now has a sovereign wealth fund worth over $US1.19 trillion.
The café was really busy with a queue out the door. It’s perched on the hill beside the battery overlooking the sea so the views are wonderful.
It’s quite little and they only serve drink and cakes so don’t expect to get lunch there. But it’s very warm and welcoming and the cakes we sampled were delicious.
Last weekend I gave the kids a knitting lesson as threatened. They took it in good spirits. Daniel spent most of the time attacking his yarn with knitting needles but Elizabeth managed it and she’s continued to do it through the week so I’d say it was a success.
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