Balmoral, while the Queen's away...

June 4. And our first chance to take part in the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Whilst the Royals were dodging the rain in London we were taking advantage of their absence by picnicking on their lawn at Balmoral, in the sun. It had been claimed that the picnic would be prepared by the Royal kitchens; the navigator was somewhat miffed to discover that this meant sandwiches prepared by the Balmoral cafeteria - still the cars looked rather good in front of the castle.

We had a lovely drive to Balmoral through the Cairngorms National Park, past Braemar and supposedly the highest road in the UK.