We had a lovely drive to Balmoral through the Cairngorms National Park, past Braemar and supposedly the highest road in the UK.
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Showing posts with label Jubilee. Show all posts
Monday, 4 June 2012
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.
We had a lovely drive to Balmoral through the Cairngorms National Park, past Braemar and supposedly the highest road in the UK.
Saturday, 2 June 2012
Border country
June 2. Had a day off yesterday and explored the shops, Betty's, the pubs and restaurants; the Italian we went to was charging London prices.
David, (well-known to Ringmer Multimarquers), had said that we must travel by the A7 from Carlisle to Edinburgh and what good advice that was - it's a lovely road which goes past Selkirk and then on to Edinburgh.
We were heading for Selkirk to stop for the night but at lunch time we arrived at Longtown. Now I'm used to people staring at the AC but this was strange until we realised that we were just the warm up act and they were waiting for their village Diamond Jubilee parade so we stopped off to enjoy it too.
And so we pushed on to Selkirk where I discovered in the local churchyard or "Kirk in the Forest" as this was known, that Wallace (aka Braveheart) was pronounced Guardian of Scotland just over 700 years ago on this very site.
And right opposite the hotel was not only Sir Walter Scott's courtroom but also where the Selkirk Bannock was first baked in 1859.
Sadly the shop appears closed but good old auntie has a nice looking recipe.
David, (well-known to Ringmer Multimarquers), had said that we must travel by the A7 from Carlisle to Edinburgh and what good advice that was - it's a lovely road which goes past Selkirk and then on to Edinburgh.
We were heading for Selkirk to stop for the night but at lunch time we arrived at Longtown. Now I'm used to people staring at the AC but this was strange until we realised that we were just the warm up act and they were waiting for their village Diamond Jubilee parade so we stopped off to enjoy it too.
And so we pushed on to Selkirk where I discovered in the local churchyard or "Kirk in the Forest" as this was known, that Wallace (aka Braveheart) was pronounced Guardian of Scotland just over 700 years ago on this very site.
And right opposite the hotel was not only Sir Walter Scott's courtroom but also where the Selkirk Bannock was first baked in 1859.
Sadly the shop appears closed but good old auntie has a nice looking recipe.
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