Category: aberdeenshire

  • Smile – windmills

    Smile – windmills

    If you zoom way in – there are some windmills. They can be seen from a golf course named for (owned by) a famous person back home. We didn’t visit this golf course.

  • Seals!

    Seals!

    The seal preserve about a 30 minute drive north of Aberdeen was amazing! (I should have brought my American iPhone as my Scottish one doesn’t have as good a camera.) It is in Newburgh. (And to be clear – that is pronounced Noo-burra!)

    The landscape at the seal beach!
  • On to Drum Castle, the grounds

    On to Drum Castle, the grounds

    The final castle of our tour – Drum. An interesting find! Last time I saw a tree like this – it was at Muir Woods (named for the Scottish born American naturalist). This one is estimated to have been planted in the 1860s.

  • Inside Crathes Castle

    Inside Crathes Castle

    This is the ceiling with some intricate paintings. They nicely provide mirrors so you don’t have to bend your neck much.