Tarland to Macduff

Breakfast was wonderful at Douneside House where we stayed last night.

Here is the breakfast menu
Here we are at breakfast. Duke and Roger have the pancakes. I have the Tattis Stack and Gayle has the Grilled Mushrooms.

After breakfast we went outside and explored the gardens a bit.

Douneside House where we stayed last night
As I understood it the wonderful gardens are overseen by the Royal Horticultural Society
On one of the paths in the gardens

Douneside House isn’t far from Balmoral Castle. So after we checked out that’s where we went. From the Balmoral gates it’s about a 10 minute walk up to the castle. They have an app and a self guided tour of the outside of the castle. The only room that you can actually go in is the ball room.

Balmoral Castle
It was a perfect day and everything was so peaceful and beautiful.

Being at Balmoral and seeing what we’ve heard about and read about was absolutely wonderful. You can see why the Royal family wants to spend their summer holidays here. It’s an idyllic spot.

After our visit to the castle we went down the road a bit to Royal Lochnagar Distillery, had lunch and tasted some scotch.

In the tasting room and restaurant at the distillery

From Balmoral we drove north to Macduff, a fishing town on the North Sea, where we are tonight.

It was a beautiful drive with lots of sheep’s and lambs
The sunset from our room at Knowles House Hotel.
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Author: marionvermazen

I am a traveler, hiker, avid reader, Sun alumnus, computer geek, Spanish and French language student, knitter and genealogist. I am retired after working for almost 30 years in the Computer Industry. I live in Reno, Nevada with my husband Duke.

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