Tuesday travels. . . Alford, Aberdeenshire

This very recognisable call box, Dr Who?, is to be found at the Grampian Transport Museum in Alford, Aberdeenshire.  It is one of the exhibits remaining from an exhibition on Future Travel held at the museum in a previous year. Another remnant from the the same exhibition was this dalek.  Apparently the public enjoyed the…

Tuesday travels. . . . . Pitmedden Garden, Aberdeenshire

While staying at Stonefold’s Farm Cottages we took the opportunity to visit the historic garden at Pitmedden, in Aberdeenshire, which was established in 1675 by Sir Alexander Seton who wanted a garden that was in the fashion of Versailles in France. The garden, owned by the National Trust of Scotland, is enclosed by high stone walls. The garden…

Tuesday travels. . . . Balmoral Castle

We enjoyed a lovely day at Balmoral Castle, the Scottish holiday home of the Royal family. Hunting obviously played a big part with the Royals. I didn’t take many photos while we were there but enjoyed learning more about the Royal family and their holiday home. You only get to see a small part of…

Tuesday travels. . . .Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire.

This Tuesday’s travel  returns to Scotland to continue our journey in 2012. Our previous stopping point was Glen Garioch Distillery. Fyvie Castle was the next point of interest and was not far from the cottage we were staying in at Stonefolds Farm.  When we visited the castle it was closed.  We were not to be…

Tuesday travels. . . Stonefolds Farm, Aberdeenshire

For our stay in Scotland we were based at Stonefolds Farm Cottages  a short drive from Fyvie, in Aberdeenshire.  We stayed in Stonefolds Cottage which is on the right hand side of the photograph.  You can see by the photograph that the weather was not the best when we arrived but the warm welcome by…