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Crovie is a small fishing village near Banff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. As can be seen in the photograph there are only about a dozen houses, after most of the village was swept away in the storms of 31 January 1953. The remaining cottages were going to be bulldozed into the sea but were saved by local opposition. A ghost is said to haunt a former Mission Hall Church that has been converted into a holiday home.
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Former Royal Air Force Regiment Gunner Jason Harper witnesses this and then his wife, Pippa, telephones him, shouting that she needs him. They then get cut off. He sets straight out, unprepared for the nightmare that unfolds during his journey. Everyone seems to want to kill him.
Along the way, he pairs up with fellow survivor Imogen. But she enjoys killing the living dead far too much. Will she kill Jason in her blood thirst? Or will she hinder his journey through this zombie filled dystopian landscape to find his pregnant wife?
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Villagers of Crovie can only access their homes by foot and belongings have to be pushed by wheelbarrow. A car park further inland is used by residents and their visitors.
Crovie evolved after the Highland clearances when Highlanders sought refuge throughout the Buchan coastline. The nearest village a few miles away is Gardenstown. There is no longer a coastal footpath between the two villages because of erosion and sea damage.
Crovie had a Mission Hall which served the deeply religious fisher folk for many years until the storms of 1953 damaged the building. It sat derelict for many years until Margaret Leigh purchased the property and converted it into a self catering holiday home.
The former Mission Hall was haunted and people had reported hearing the sound of the church organ playing late at night when the building was empty. Margaret had a Bishop from Edinburgh deconsecrate the building in an effort to remove the spirit. Does this friendly ghost still haunt the village of Crovie?
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I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
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An army veteran moves his family back to his Aberdeenshire home, but his nightmare neighbour starts a battle of wits with him. Who will win this One Last War?
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On Sunday 16 June 2007 at 9pm television viewers received a rare viewing of a Crovie property when the presenter David Dimbleby went inside a Crovie cottage during the BBC1 programme How We Built Britain. He described how the one roomed cottage would have been a century ago when actively used by a fishing family. There would have been a small cupboard where a bed and mattress would have been tucked away and how the cooking range would always have been lit. The floors would have been layered with stamped down sand to make cleaning any dropped fish or fish guts easier. He also explained why the far off cottages, as can be seen in the top of the photo above, would have had windows facing the sea, but those in the middle of the Crovie village faced each other and had windows on the side and non facing the sea. This is because the strong winds swept into the Crovie village, missing the far off fishing cottages but buffering the middle Crovie properties. They were built this may to afford protection from the winds and the sides of the houses and cottages would house the fishing boats and also protect them from the winds.
Crovie Ghost Haunted Mission Hall Church House
Crovie is a small fishing village near Banff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. As can be seen in the photograph there are only about a dozen houses, after most of the village was swept away in the storms of 31 January 1953. The remaining cottages were going to be bulldozed into the sea but were saved by local opposition. A ghost is said to haunt a former Mission Hall Church that has been converted into a holiday home.
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My new novel:
The Aberdeen skies are under attack from an enemy jet. It is spilling a strange yellow smoke. Minutes later, people start killing each other.
Former Royal Air Force Regiment Gunner Jason Harper witnesses this and then his wife, Pippa, telephones him, shouting that she needs him. They then get cut off. He sets straight out, unprepared for the nightmare that unfolds during his journey. Everyone seems to want to kill him.
Along the way, he pairs up with fellow survivor Imogen. But she enjoys killing the living dead far too much. Will she kill Jason in her blood thirst? Or will she hinder his journey through this zombie filled dystopian landscape to find his pregnant wife?
The Fence is the first in this series of post-apocalyptic military survival thrillers from the torturous mind of local horror and science fiction novel writer C.G. Buswell.
Download Now.
Buy the Paperback.
Villagers of Crovie can only access their homes by foot and belongings have to be pushed by wheelbarrow. A car park further inland is used by residents and their visitors.
Crovie evolved after the Highland clearances when Highlanders sought refuge throughout the Buchan coastline. The nearest village a few miles away is Gardenstown. There is no longer a coastal footpath between the two villages because of erosion and sea damage.
Crovie had a Mission Hall which served the deeply religious fisher folk for many years until the storms of 1953 damaged the building. It sat derelict for many years until Margaret Leigh purchased the property and converted it into a self catering holiday home.
The former Mission Hall was haunted and people had reported hearing the sound of the church organ playing late at night when the building was empty. Margaret had a Bishop from Edinburgh deconsecrate the building in an effort to remove the spirit. Does this friendly ghost still haunt the village of Crovie?
More Aberdeenshire Ghosts.
Have you seen my beautiful golden retriever Lynne out and about in Aberdeen? Ask her for a high-five! She's a Bravehound PTSD assistance dog, so we'll often be in shops, restaurants, and the cinema together.
We've written a book where I talk about growing up in Aberdeen and then joining the army to be a medic and nurse, and developing military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
The author, Damien Lewis, said of Lynne:
"A powerful account of what one dog means to one man on his road to recovery. Both heart-warming and life-affirming. Bravo Chris and Lynne. Bravo Bravehound."
Download.
Buy the paperback.
An army veteran moves his family back to his Aberdeenshire home, but his nightmare neighbour starts a battle of wits with him. Who will win this One Last War?
Buy this latest novel by local author C.G. Buswell on Kindle or Paperback.
Advertise Here from just £70.
Crovie Property
On Sunday 16 June 2007 at 9pm television viewers received a rare viewing of a Crovie property when the presenter David Dimbleby went inside a Crovie cottage during the BBC1 programme How We Built Britain. He described how the one roomed cottage would have been a century ago when actively used by a fishing family. There would have been a small cupboard where a bed and mattress would have been tucked away and how the cooking range would always have been lit. The floors would have been layered with stamped down sand to make cleaning any dropped fish or fish guts easier. He also explained why the far off cottages, as can be seen in the top of the photo above, would have had windows facing the sea, but those in the middle of the Crovie village faced each other and had windows on the side and non facing the sea. This is because the strong winds swept into the Crovie village, missing the far off fishing cottages but buffering the middle Crovie properties. They were built this may to afford protection from the winds and the sides of the houses and cottages would house the fishing boats and also protect them from the winds.
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