Balmoral

Off to Balmoral today, with a stop in Ballater on the way to pick up provisions for dinner – a selection of absolutely gorgeous sausages from the butcher in Ballater. They were all great, but our favourite was the one called Laird’s Choice, which was a mixed game sausage. But I digress. We drove over to visit Balmoral – just in time, before the Royal Family comes into residence in August. You can only see one room in the castle – the ballroom – but you can walk all over the gardens and up in the hills above the castle, so we did. It was another lovely day out – a few showers, but nothing too heavy, and the countryside is so gorgeous around here that it’s hard to go wrong. We were seriously considering selling our London house and buying a 7 bed 3 bath place in Ballater. We’d have change left from the profits – of course, it is somewhat the middle of nowhere out here. But that can have advantages, too! (As usual, more photos on flickr)