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rxdouglas Jun 12th, 2006 09:59 AM

Scotland in October
 
Visiting Scotland Sept 27-Oct 8 Edinburgh for 3 days then one week in east Highlands. Staying at Ballater near Balmoral Castle. Need info. on day trip from this location.

Barbara Jun 12th, 2006 10:05 AM

If you post this on the Europe board, you'll get lots of help.

janisj Jun 12th, 2006 10:10 AM

Any chance you are staying at the Craigedarroch?

Anyway - there are quite literally hundreds of places you go as day trips. You will run out of time long before you run out of places to go.

a very short list:

Dunnottar/Crathes/Craigevar/Fraser castles. All are to the east of where you are staying

A trip west along the Dee and down the Spittal of Glenshee through some amazing scenery

N/NW through Grantown on Spey/Dufftown for whisky distilleries/Tomintoul/scenery/castles

To Inverness for Culloden/Loch Ness/Urquhart castle/Ft George, etc

North to the coast and Elgin/Buckie/Findhorn

NE to the Aberdeenshire coast/Bullers of Buchan, etc

Huntly/NE Scotland falconry center (which is also near Dufftown)

And just the lovely scenery all along the Dee

janisj Jun 12th, 2006 10:11 AM

oops - I didn't even notice we were on United States (just clicked off Europe). Yes re-post this ove there . . . . .

janisj Jun 13th, 2006 10:53 AM

well it looks like rx has lost us - he hasn't posted over on Europe.


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