Saying Hi to Hopeman on a busy weekend

Saying Hi to Hopeman on a busy weekend Hopeman is a village on the north coast of Moray, two miles east of Burghead. From the road between them, you only glimpse the inland side of the village. Hopeman itself comes with an attractive and complex harbour and two beaches. Hopeman was established as a planned village originally called "Newtown of Hopeman" in 1805 by the local landowner, William Young of Inverugie. He had opened quarries at Greenbrae and Clashach to the east of the site of the village to extract the golden coloured sandstone found here, and he needed somewhere to house the quarrymen and their families. The large sandy beaches are split by the man-made harbour. The West Beach is the smaller. The East Beach is surrounded by large, grassy sand dunes, and has colourful beach huts and large rocky areas with excellent rockpools. Further to the east is a smaller hidden beach with stones and large rock formations. There are quite a few birds to be found on the beach, such as the herring gull, the great black-backed gull, the black-headed gull, the curlew and the oystercatcher. The areas of gorse heathland surrounding the eastern beaches are home to the whitethroat, the robin and the yellowhammer. Hopeman Harbour is in between the East and West Beaches. It is small and now mainly houses pleasure vessels. In the past it was used for landing fish caught by fishermen from the village. Please subscribe for more Donders, Waffles and some History as well as views and park ups Currently we are Weekend Warriors. We may go full time in the future but for now we continue our explorations. #DesmondsDonders #VanLife #Scotland We are on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram links are on the about page.